Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel is wetter than 82% of Canadian towns: 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year
Expect July afternoons of about 26.0°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 71% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 41°C apart. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 21–26°C.
No ECCC station in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Fleury, 21 km south-east, instead.
A year in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 161 frosts and 115 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 20 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 1,109 mm a year
August is the wettest month and February the driest. About 145 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 202 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 49 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C.
Living with Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Wait until about 12 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 27 September, about 136 days later.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel’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 | 21 km south-east |
| 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, 31 km |
How Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel 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
Places around Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel whose figures come from another normals location. Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 10 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel Fleury | 26.0°C | −14.8°C | 1,109 mm |
| Lanoraie 9.8 km · L'Assomption | 26.6°C 0.6°C warmer | −16.0°C 1.2°C colder | 1,109 mm |
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel 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 | −5.8°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 |
March: −31.0°C at its coldest, 25.5°C at its warmest
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 3.1°C around −10.5°C) and August least (0.9°C).
Where Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Fleury, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 26.0°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −14.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,109 mm: 114 mm in August, the wettest month, and 61 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 106 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel itself?
Not quite: they come from Fleury, the closest ECCC normals location to Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel →
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