Photo: Pofortin · CC BY-SA 3.0Wendake is wetter than 87% of Canadian towns: 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about −16.7°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 42°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 80% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 135 days a year with 1 mm or more.
No ECCC station in Wendake has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 7.7 km south, instead.
A year in Wendake at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wendake’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Wendake feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 170 days, 20°C on 100
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 27 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in July, the least in February.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 299 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 77 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Lauzon, 21 km away.
Heating a home in Wendake
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. A house here needs more heating than 64% of Canadian towns.
Living with Wendake’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Between the last frost, near 10 May, and the first, near 5 October, lie about 148 frost-free days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 56 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
About 34 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
A typical year is calm by definition; Wendake’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Québec Jean Lesage (Airport)
Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 7.7 km south |
| Station altitude | 74 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Lauzon, 21 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −36.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.2°C |
| Average wind | 13.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Ste-Foy (U. Laval), 10 km |
How Wendake compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Wendake’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Wendake with figures are 6–20 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendake Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C | −16.7°C | 1,173 mm |
| Québec 6.1 km · Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C about the same | −15.6°C 1.1°C milder | 1,173 mm |
| Boischatel 16 km · Lauzon | 24.9°C about the same | −16.6°C about the same | 1,216 mm |
Wendake weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −7.1°C | −16.7°C | −11.9°C | 87 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −15.7°C | −10.4°C | 66 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.4°C | −9.3°C | −4.5°C | 78 mm | 51 cm |
| April | 8.3°C | −1.2°C | 3.5°C | 94 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 5.6°C | 11.6°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 10.8°C | 16.7°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 13.9°C | 19.5°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.0°C | 12.8°C | 18.4°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 8.3°C | 13.7°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.3°C | 2.4°C | 6.8°C | 116 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 3.6°C | −3.8°C | −0.1°C | 91 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −3.3°C | −11.4°C | −7.3°C | 96 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 9.7°C | −0.4°C | 4.7°C | 1,173 mm | 299 cm |
From −36.7°C to 17.7°C: January’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 2.9°C from −11.9°C. August moves least, typically by 0.9°C.
Where Wendake’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Wendake’s climate
How warm does Wendake get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.0°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Wendake get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −16.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Wendake get?
July is the wettest month at 119 mm and February the driest at 66 mm, for 1,173 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Wendake itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), not in Wendake; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wendake →
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).