Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Snowy winters: about 269 cm a year in Stoke, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Midwinter brings lows of about −16.5°C. Precipitation peaks in August and eases off in February. In January, nights here are colder than in 78% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 147 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Stoke itself; the figures are those of Sherbrooke, 11 km south-east.
A year in Stoke at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Stoke’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Stoke feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 181 frosts and 111 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 30 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,015 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Sherbrooke publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from Lennoxville, 12 km away.
269 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 65 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Richmond, 29 km away (Sherbrooke records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Stoke
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. A house here needs more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Stoke’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 50 days in a normal year.
The humidex tops 30 on about 37 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
A typical year is calm by definition; Stoke’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 11 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 241 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Lennoxville, 12 km |
| Snowfall from | Richmond, 29 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.0°C |
| Average wind | 10.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Lennoxville, 12 km |
How Stoke 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 Stoke whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Sherbrooke | 25.3°C | −16.5°C | 1,015 mm |
| Ascot Corner 4.0 km · Sherbrooke | 25.3°C about the same | −16.5°C about the same | 1,015 mm |
| Sherbrooke 12 km · Lennoxville | 25.7°C about the same | −14.9°C 1.6°C milder | 1,015 mm |
| Val-Joli 15 km · Richmond | 25.6°C about the same | −15.0°C 1.5°C milder | 1,015 mm |
Stoke weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.0°C | −16.5°C | −10.8°C | 76 mm | 59 cm |
| February | −3.2°C | −15.5°C | −9.4°C | 66 mm | 58 cm |
| March | 2.3°C | −9.4°C | −3.6°C | 68 mm | 53 cm |
| April | 10.4°C | −1.7°C | 4.4°C | 82 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.6°C | 4.7°C | 11.6°C | 85 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.7°C | 9.6°C | 16.1°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 12.3°C | 18.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.3°C | 11.3°C | 17.9°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.2°C | 6.8°C | 13.6°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.6°C | 1.3°C | 6.9°C | 91 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.8°C | −3.7°C | 1.1°C | 70 mm | 17 cm |
| December | −1.4°C | −10.8°C | −6.1°C | 75 mm | 65 cm |
| Year | 11.1°C | −1.0°C | 5.1°C | 1,015 mm | 269 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (3.3°C), August least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −35.3°C (2007) to 25.3°C (2012).
Where Stoke’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Sherbrooke from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- 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: 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 Stoke’s climate
How warm does Stoke get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.3°C.
How cold does Stoke get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −16.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Stoke get?
Precipitation totals 1,015 mm a year, with August the wettest month (104 mm) and February the driest (66 mm).
Are these figures for Stoke itself?
Not as such: Sherbrooke is the nearest normals location, and Stoke has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Stoke →
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).