Few Canadian towns get more snow than Sainte-Perpétue: about 349 cm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 24.2°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 40°C apart. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 72% of Canadian towns. Have the furnace checked before October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Sainte-Perpétue has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from La Pocatière, 33 km north.
A year in Sainte-Perpétue at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Perpétue’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Perpétue feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 170 frosts and 92 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 18 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
906 mm of precipitation in a typical year
October brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 129 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 349 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 83 cm. 9th snowiest of 494 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
La Pocatière publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Ste Lucie, 37 km away.
Heating a home in Sainte-Perpétue
89% 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-Perpétue’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Roughly 52 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
On some 31 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Sainte-Perpétue’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: La Pocatière
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for La Pocatière are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 33 km north |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Ste Lucie, 37 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.7°C |
| Average wind | 14.8 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Ste Lucie, 37 km |
How Sainte-Perpétue 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-Perpétue’s own would show the same figures). Sainte-Perpétue has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–50 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Perpétue La Pocatière | 24.2°C | −15.3°C | 906 mm |
| Saint-Pamphile 15 km · Ste Lucie | 23.9°C about the same | −19.6°C 4.3°C colder | 906 mm |
| L'Islet 34 km · Cap-Tourmente | 25.0°C 0.8°C warmer | −14.8°C 0.5°C milder | 906 mm |
Sainte-Perpétue 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 | −6.5°C | −15.3°C | −10.9°C | 70 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −14.3°C | −9.6°C | 61 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.1°C | −8.8°C | −4.4°C | 62 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 7.6°C | −1.5°C | 3.0°C | 69 mm | 27 cm |
| May | 16.2°C | 4.7°C | 10.4°C | 74 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.6°C | 10.0°C | 15.8°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 13.2°C | 18.7°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.6°C | 12.4°C | 18.0°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.9°C | 8.3°C | 13.6°C | 78 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | 2.7°C | 7.0°C | 99 mm | 11 cm |
| November | 4.3°C | −2.7°C | 0.8°C | 72 mm | 30 cm |
| December | −2.6°C | −10.1°C | −6.4°C | 74 mm | 83 cm |
| Year | 9.5°C | −0.1°C | 4.7°C | 906 mm | 349 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.6°C; the steadiest month is June
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −27.2°C in 2007 and a high of 21.8°C in 2012.
Where Sainte-Perpétue’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for La Pocatière from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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-Perpétue’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Perpétue get in summer?
Afternoons average 24.2°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Sainte-Perpétue get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −15.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Perpétue get?
906 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is October (99 mm); the driest, February (61 mm).
Are these figures for Sainte-Perpétue itself?
They are borrowed from La Pocatière, the nearest place to Sainte-Perpétue where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
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