Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Frost comes to Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides more often than to 89% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.3°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 88% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in October and eases off in February. About 143 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
These are not Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses St-Jovite, 30 km west.
A year in Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
196 frost days and 111 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 41 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,178 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Lachute, 51 km away (St-Jovite records no complete year of either).
218 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 56 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 80% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 28 May until frost returns near 15 September: about 110 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Expect around 34 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
About 35 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St-Jovite
St-Jovite is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 30 km west |
| Station altitude | 234 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Lachute, 51 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.7°C |
| Average wind | 4.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Lachute, 51 km |
How Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides 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-Lucie-des-Laurentides’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides with figures are 22–25 km away.
Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.5°C | −18.3°C | −11.9°C | 97 mm | 56 cm |
| February | −3.3°C | −17.9°C | −10.6°C | 72 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −11.3°C | −4.4°C | 74 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 10.3°C | −3.2°C | 3.5°C | 100 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 18.5°C | 3.3°C | 11.0°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.0°C | 8.5°C | 15.7°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 10.9°C | 18.2°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.5°C | 9.8°C | 17.2°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 5.6°C | 12.9°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.3°C | 0.5°C | 6.4°C | 120 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −5.1°C | −0.2°C | 93 mm | 17 cm |
| December | −2.5°C | −12.9°C | −7.7°C | 94 mm | 53 cm |
| Year | 10.8°C | −2.5°C | 4.2°C | 1,178 mm | 218 cm |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 3.2°C of normal, against the steadier August
March has the widest record range, −38.3°C in 2007 to 27.1°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for St-Jovite, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.3°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −18.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides get?
Some 1,178 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in October (120 mm), the least in February (72 mm).
Are these figures for Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides itself?
They come from St-Jovite, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides →
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).