More rain and snow fall on Sainte-Madeleine than on 82% of Canadian towns: 1,109 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −14.8°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 71% of Canadian towns. Some 41°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. The outdoor season runs from June to September, with highs of 21–26°C.
Sainte-Madeleine has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Fleury, 24 km north.
A year in Sainte-Madeleine at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Madeleine’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Madeleine feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 161 days, 20°C on 115
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 20 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
About 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year
August is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 145 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 202 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 49 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-Madeleine
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C.
Living with Sainte-Madeleine’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 12 May and returns near 27 September, about 136 days apart.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Sainte-Madeleine’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fleury
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Fleury, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 24 km north |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.1°C |
| Next-nearest location | L'Assomption, 36 km |
How Sainte-Madeleine 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Sainte-Madeleine’s own would show the same figures). Sainte-Madeleine has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 10–12 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Madeleine Fleury | 26.0°C | −14.8°C | 1,109 mm |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste 9.7 km · L'Acadie | 26.6°C 0.6°C warmer | −13.6°C 1.2°C milder | 1,109 mm |
| Saint-Damase 11 km · Granby | 25.6°C about the same | −13.4°C 1.4°C milder | 1,226 mm |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil 12 km · L'Assomption | 26.6°C 0.6°C warmer | −16.0°C 1.2°C colder | 1,109 mm |
Sainte-Madeleine weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.8°C | −14.8°C | −10.5°C | 81 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −3.8°C | −13.6°C | −8.6°C | 61 mm | 43 cm |
| March | 1.8°C | −7.3°C | −2.7°C | 71 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | 0.6°C | 5.8°C | 96 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 7.4°C | 13.2°C | 98 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.9°C | 12.7°C | 18.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 14.9°C | 20.2°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 13.7°C | 19.3°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 9.4°C | 15.1°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 3.6°C | 8.4°C | 108 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | −2.0°C | 1.9°C | 90 mm | 12 cm |
| December | −2.0°C | −9.3°C | −5.9°C | 85 mm | 49 cm |
| Year | 11.2°C | 1.3°C | 6.2°C | 1,109 mm | 202 cm |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 3.1°C of normal, against the steadier August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −31.0°C (1992) to 25.5°C (2012).
Where Sainte-Madeleine’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Fleury, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sainte-Madeleine’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Madeleine get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 26.0°C.
How cold does Sainte-Madeleine get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −14.8°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Madeleine get?
A normal year brings 1,109 mm, snow included as water: August is wettest at 114 mm, February driest at 61 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 106 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Sainte-Madeleine itself?
Not as such: Fleury is the nearest normals location, and Sainte-Madeleine has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Madeleine →
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).