Photo: Philippe Grégoire · CC BY-SA 3.0Precipitation in Scott tops that of 89% of Canadian towns: 1,182 mm a year
July afternoons average 25.1°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 78% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 42°C. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 20–25°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Scott station, 0.2 km south-east.
A year in Scott at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Scott’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Scott feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 181 days, 20°C on 100
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 27 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 1,182 mm 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
Snowfall: about 287 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 75 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Scott
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Scott’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 18 May to about 27 September, some 130 days in a normal year.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Scott’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Scott
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Scott.
| Distance from the town | 0.2 km south-east |
| 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, 20 km |
How Scott 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 Scott’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 14–27 km from Scott.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | 25.1°C | −16.5°C | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon 14 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C about the same | 1,299 mm |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 27 km · St Georges | 25.3°C about the same | −16.7°C about the same | 1,054 mm |
| Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse 27 km · Saint Michel | 25.1°C about the same | −16.0°C 0.5°C milder | 1,182 mm |
Scott 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 has run from −42.0°C to 15.0°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 3.1°C from −11.9°C. August moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Scott’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Scott, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Scott’s climate
How warm does Scott get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.1°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Scott get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −16.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Scott get?
Around 1,182 mm a year in all, from 126 mm in July down to 75 mm in February.
Are these figures for Scott itself?
Yes: ECCC’s normals station is inside Scott itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Scott →
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).