Sainte-Marie is wetter than 89% of Canadian towns: 1,182 mm of rain and snow a year
January nights here settle around −16.5°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 78% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 42°C. Expect about 181 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
No ECCC station in Sainte-Marie has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Scott, 7.1 km north-west, instead.
A year in Sainte-Marie at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Marie’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Marie feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
181 frost days and 100 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 27 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 1,182 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. Some 158 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
287 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 75 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Sainte-Marie
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. By this count, homes here need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sainte-Marie’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 18 May and returns near 27 September, about 130 days apart.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Sainte-Marie’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Scott
Scott is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 7.1 km north-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, 27 km |
How Sainte-Marie 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Sainte-Marie’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 19–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sainte-Marie.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marie Scott | 25.1°C | −16.5°C | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 19 km · St Georges | 25.3°C about the same | −16.7°C about the same | 1,054 mm |
| Saint-Anselme 21 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C about the same | 1,299 mm |
| East Broughton 25 km · Thetford Mines | 23.5°C 1.6°C cooler | −16.1°C about the same | 1,324 mm |
Sainte-Marie weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
January: −42.0°C at its coldest, 15.0°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 3.1°C around its normal of −11.9°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Sainte-Marie’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Scott, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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-Marie’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Marie get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 25.1°C.
How cold does Sainte-Marie get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −16.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Marie 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-Marie itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Scott; Sainte-Marie has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Marie →
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).