Wet weather: 1,182 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Sainte-Hénédine, more than on 89% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.1°C. Expect the most rain and snow in July and the least in February. Its January nights bite harder than in 78% of Canadian towns. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to September, with highs of 20–25°C.
These are not Sainte-Hénédine’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Scott, 11 km south-west.
A year in Sainte-Hénédine at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Hénédine’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Hénédine feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 181 days, 20°C on 100
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 27 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
1,182 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 158 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
287 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 75 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Sainte-Hénédine
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sainte-Hénédine’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
From about 18 May to 27 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 130 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Sainte-Hénédine’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Scott
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Scott.
| Distance from the town | 11 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Beauséjour, 19 km |
How Sainte-Hénédine compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Sainte-Hénédine’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 7–20 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sainte-Hénédine.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Hénédine Scott | 25.1°C | −16.5°C | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Anselme 7.4 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C about the same | 1,299 mm |
| Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse 16 km · Saint Michel | 25.1°C about the same | −16.0°C 0.5°C milder | 1,182 mm |
Sainte-Hénédine 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 | −6.6°C | −16.5°C | −11.9°C | 86 mm | 63 cm |
| February | −4.6°C | −15.5°C | −10.0°C | 75 mm | 64 cm |
| March | 1.1°C | −9.4°C | −4.3°C | 77 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −1.6°C | 3.9°C | 93 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 5.3°C | 11.4°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 10.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.1°C | 19.4°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 13.0°C | 18.5°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 8.4°C | 13.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.7°C | 2.4°C | 7.1°C | 109 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.3°C | −3.4°C | 0.6°C | 81 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.9°C | −11.1°C | −7.2°C | 106 mm | 75 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | −0.3°C | 4.8°C | 1,182 mm | 287 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.1°C; the steadiest, August
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in January: a low of −42.0°C in 1994 and a high of 15.0°C in 1995.
Where Sainte-Hénédine’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Scott, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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-Hénédine’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Hénédine get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.1°C.
How cold does Sainte-Hénédine get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −16.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Hénédine get?
Around 1,182 mm a year in all, from 126 mm in July down to 75 mm in February.
Are these figures for Sainte-Hénédine itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Scott, outside Sainte-Hénédine.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Hénédine →
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