Photo: Charny · CC BY-SA 3.0Sainte-Félicité has some of the coolest summers among Canadian towns
In January the night’s low is typically −13.9°C. Temperatures cover 34°C across the year, low to high. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 66% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs October to May: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Sainte-Félicité has no normals station, so these come from Cap-Chat, 49 km north-east.
A year in Sainte-Félicité at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Félicité’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Félicité feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
170 frost days and 37 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 9 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
966 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in July, the least in February. On about 124 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Cap-Chat publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from Baie-Comeau, 68 km away.
323 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 72 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Cap-Chat normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Mont-Joli, 72 km away.
Heating a home in Sainte-Félicité
84% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 81% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sainte-Félicité’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Expect around 56 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 5 days a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Sainte-Félicité’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Cap-Chat
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Cap-Chat are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 49 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 35 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Baie-Comeau, 68 km |
| Snowfall from | Mont-Joli, 72 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Average wind | 19.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Causapscal, 59 km |
How Sainte-Félicité compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Sainte-Félicité whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Sainte-Félicité with figures are 14–48 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Félicité Cap-Chat | 19.7°C | −13.9°C | 966 mm |
| Matane 14 km · Causapscal | 23.8°C 4.1°C warmer | −19.2°C 5.3°C colder | 932 mm |
| Saint-Ulric 29 km · Mont-Joli | 22.9°C 3.2°C warmer | −15.4°C 1.5°C colder | 932 mm |
Sainte-Félicité weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.1°C | −13.9°C | −10.0°C | 65 mm | 72 cm |
| February | −5.8°C | −13.3°C | −9.7°C | 61 mm | 66 cm |
| March | −1.2°C | −8.7°C | −5.0°C | 64 mm | 60 cm |
| April | 4.6°C | −1.9°C | 1.4°C | 72 mm | 22 cm |
| May | 11.1°C | 3.5°C | 7.3°C | 76 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 16.5°C | 8.6°C | 12.6°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 19.7°C | 12.4°C | 16.1°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 19.1°C | 12.0°C | 15.6°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 15.3°C | 7.9°C | 11.6°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.3°C | 2.7°C | 6.0°C | 96 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 3.8°C | −2.2°C | 0.8°C | 87 mm | 31 cm |
| December | −1.9°C | −8.2°C | −5.0°C | 78 mm | 67 cm |
| Year | 7.0°C | −0.1°C | 3.5°C | 966 mm | 323 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.2°C; the steadiest month is July
Over 1991–2020, January saw both −33.1°C (2014) and 14.7°C (2013), the widest span of any month.
Where Sainte-Félicité’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Cap-Chat, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sainte-Félicité’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Félicité get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 19.7°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Sainte-Félicité get in winter?
January nights average −13.9°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Félicité get?
966 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (111 mm); the driest, February (61 mm).
Are these figures for Sainte-Félicité itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Cap-Chat; Sainte-Félicité has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Félicité →
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