Photo: Genvievegarneau2 · CC BY-SA 4.0Neither notably warm, cold, wet nor dry, Sherbrooke sits near the middle of Canadian towns
About 1,015 mm of rain and snow falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 25.7°C and January nights drop to −14.9°C. A year here swings 41°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Its January nights bite harder than in 71% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 167 days a year at 0°C or below.
Measured at Lennoxville, 8.5 km east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Sherbrooke at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sherbrooke’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sherbrooke feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
167 frost days and 115 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 23 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
1,015 mm of precipitation in a typical year
August brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 147 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 291 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 71 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Lennoxville normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Coaticook, 29 km away.
Heating a home in Sherbrooke
91% 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 Sherbrooke’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 41 days in a normal year.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 44 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Sherbrooke: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lennoxville
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Lennoxville, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 8.5 km east |
| Station altitude | 181 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Coaticook, 29 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Average wind | 10.1 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Sherbrooke, 19 km |
How Sherbrooke 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 Sherbrooke’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherbrooke Lennoxville | 25.7°C | −14.9°C | 1,015 mm |
| Hatley 8.2 km · Lennoxville | 25.7°C about the same | −14.9°C about the same | 1,015 mm |
| Ascot Corner 12 km · Sherbrooke | 25.3°C about the same | −16.5°C 1.6°C colder | 1,015 mm |
| Saint-Denis-de-Brompton 15 km · Richmond | 25.6°C about the same | −15.0°C about the same | 1,015 mm |
Sherbrooke weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.1°C | −14.9°C | −9.5°C | 76 mm | 59 cm |
| February | −2.3°C | −14.3°C | −8.3°C | 66 mm | 61 cm |
| March | 3.1°C | −8.3°C | −2.6°C | 68 mm | 52 cm |
| April | 10.8°C | −0.6°C | 5.1°C | 82 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 18.6°C | 5.7°C | 12.2°C | 85 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 23.3°C | 11.0°C | 17.2°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.7°C | 13.6°C | 19.7°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.8°C | 12.7°C | 18.7°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 8.2°C | 14.5°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 2.5°C | 7.7°C | 91 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 6.2°C | −2.8°C | 1.7°C | 70 mm | 26 cm |
| December | −0.7°C | −9.6°C | −5.2°C | 75 mm | 71 cm |
| Year | 11.6°C | 0.3°C | 5.9°C | 1,015 mm | 291 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.1°C; the steadiest, August
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −32.0°C in 1992 to 25.8°C in 2012.
Where Sherbrooke’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Lennoxville, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Sherbrooke’s climate
How warm does Sherbrooke get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.7°C.
How cold does Sherbrooke get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −14.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Sherbrooke get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,015 mm; the range runs from 66 mm in February to 104 mm in August.
Are these figures for Sherbrooke itself?
Yes: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Lennoxville, a location inside Sherbrooke.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sherbrooke →
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).