Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan gets more snow than 90% of Canadian towns: about 274 cm a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.1°C on average. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 80% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 39°C. About 132 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
These are not Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Trois-Rivières, 25 km south-west.
A year in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 145 days, 20°C on 104
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. Some 15 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,101 mm a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 274 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 69 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C.
Living with Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 42 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
About 37 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Trois-Rivières
ECCC builds the Trois-Rivières normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 25 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 6 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.0°C |
| Average wind | 13.4 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Fortierville, 26 km |
How Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan Trois-Rivières | 25.1°C | −14.1°C | 1,101 mm |
| Saint-Stanislas 6.3 km · Trois-Rivières | 25.1°C about the same | −14.1°C about the same | 1,101 mm |
| Batiscan 11 km · Fortierville | 25.5°C about the same | −16.9°C 2.8°C colder | 1,138 mm |
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.6°C | −14.1°C | −9.9°C | 83 mm | 61 cm |
| February | −3.9°C | −13.1°C | −8.5°C | 66 mm | 53 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −7.3°C | −3.1°C | 76 mm | 50 cm |
| April | 8.8°C | 0.3°C | 4.6°C | 87 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 17.3°C | 7.9°C | 12.6°C | 83 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 13.6°C | 18.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 16.7°C | 20.9°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 15.6°C | 19.9°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.8°C | 11.0°C | 15.5°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.2°C | 5.1°C | 8.5°C | 101 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.9°C | −1.3°C | 1.8°C | 88 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −2.0°C | −8.6°C | −5.3°C | 95 mm | 69 cm |
| Year | 10.4°C | 2.1°C | 6.2°C | 1,101 mm | 274 cm |
January: −32.3°C at its coldest, 12.0°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 2.8°C from −9.9°C. June moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Trois-Rivières, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.1°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan get in winter?
Expect nights around −14.1°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,101 mm: 125 mm in July, the wettest month, and 66 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan itself?
Not as such: Trois-Rivières is the nearest normals location, and Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).