Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
Expect July afternoons of about 23.9°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 70% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in July and eases off in February. Heating does most of its work from October to May, in months below 10°C on average.
Borrowed figures: Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc has no normals station, so these come from Normandin, 33 km west.
A year in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 203 days, 20°C on 88
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 61 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 911 mm a year
Some 124 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Normandin publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Roberval, 39 km away.
About 271 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 55 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →About 90 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Roughly 23 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
A typical year is calm by definition; Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Normandin
ECCC builds the Normandin normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 33 km west |
| Station altitude | 137 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Roberval, 39 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 13.6 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Roberval, 39 km |
How Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 32 km from Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc Normandin | 23.9°C | −23.4°C | 911 mm |
| Mashteuiatsh 32 km · Roberval | 23.7°C about the same | −20.8°C 2.6°C milder | 911 mm |
Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc 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 | −10.9°C | −23.4°C | −17.2°C | 55 mm | 47 cm |
| February | −8.5°C | −22.4°C | −15.4°C | 45 mm | 44 cm |
| March | −1.7°C | −15.4°C | −8.4°C | 57 mm | 45 cm |
| April | 6.2°C | −5.0°C | 0.6°C | 64 mm | 29 cm |
| May | 16.3°C | 2.4°C | 9.4°C | 71 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 21.7°C | 8.0°C | 14.9°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.9°C | 11.1°C | 17.5°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.6°C | 9.8°C | 16.2°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.7°C | 5.3°C | 11.5°C | 99 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.6°C | −0.1°C | 4.7°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 1.7°C | −6.6°C | −2.5°C | 71 mm | 39 cm |
| December | −6.5°C | −16.9°C | −11.7°C | 66 mm | 55 cm |
| Year | 7.7°C | −4.4°C | 1.6°C | 911 mm | 271 cm |
The month with the widest range: January, −46.6°C to 10.4°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.3°C of the normal, −15.4°C. August is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Normandin from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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-Jeanne-d'Arc’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 23.9°C.
How cold does Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −23.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc get?
911 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (112 mm); the driest, February (45 mm).
Are these figures for Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc itself?
Not exactly. Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc lacks a normals station, so Normandin supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc →
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