Climate of Quebec City
The climate in Quebec City has a continental climate with no dry season and a warm summer (Köppen: Dfb). It is fairly wet, at 47 inches of precipitation a year.
Temperature
The average temperature in Quebec City ranges from -27 °C (-16.6 °F) in January to 24.7 °C (76.46 °F) in July. The average annual mean temperature is 4.2 °C (39.5 °F). There are, on average 171 days with temperatures freezing or below.[1]
Averages
| Climate data for Quebec/Jean Lesage International Airport | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −7.9 (17.8) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
0.2 (32.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
17.0 (62.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.0 (77.0) |
23.6 (74.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
11.1 (52.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
3.7 (38.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.1 (64.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
4.2 (39.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.7 (0.1) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
5.4 (41.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.5 (45.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
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Average monthly maxima and minima
| Climate data for Quebec City (average absolute daily highs and lows) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
20.1 (68.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
7.1 (44.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −27.8 (−18.0) |
−27.7 (−17.9) |
−23.6 (−10.5) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−23.8 (−10.8) |
−29.7 (−21.5) |
| Source: [2] | |||||||||||||
Extremes
| Climate data for Quebec City (extremes) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
29.9 (85.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.9 (93.0) |
35.6 (96.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.9 (93.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
13.9 (57.0) |
35.6 (96.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −35.4 (−31.7) |
−36.1 (−33.0) |
−30.0 (−22.0) |
−18.9 (−2.0) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
3.9 (39.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−24.0 (−11.2) |
−32.3 (−26.1) |
−36.1 (−33.0) |
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| Climate data for Quebec City (extremes) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) |
3.6 (38.5) |
5.0 (41.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
| Record low daily maximum °C (°F) | -25.8 (-14.4) |
-25.0 (-13.0) |
-20.0 (-4.0) |
-10.2 (13.6) |
1.7 (35.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
13.9 (57.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
-13.3 (8.1) |
-27.3 (-17.1) |
-27.3 (-17.1) |
| Record high monthly average °C (°F) | -5.9 (21.4) |
-4.0 (24.8) |
0.1 (32.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
3.2 (37.8) |
-0.8 (30.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Record low monthly average °C (°F) | -18.4 (-1.1) |
-16.5 (2.3) |
-11.4 (11.5) |
-0.8 (30.6) |
7.7 (45.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.6 (63.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
11.1 (52.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
-5.0 (23.0) |
-17.0 (1.4) |
2.8 (37.0) |
| source 1:[3] | |||||||||||||
| source 2:[4] | |||||||||||||
| Days with certain temperature thresholds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Hot days (≥30 °C) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 |
| Warm days (≥20 °C) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 20.4 | 27.9 | 25.5 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 94.1 |
| Mild days (≥10 °C) | 0 | 0.07 | 0.73 | 9.9 | 27.5 | 29.9 | 31 | 31 | 29.1 | 17.7 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 179.5 |
| Cold daylight (Max ≤0 °C) | 26.7 | 22.8 | 13.4 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 22.9 | 94.9 |
| Freezing days (below 0) | 30.9 | 27.7 | 28.9 | 16.5 | 2.3 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0.87 | 10.1 | 23.0 | 30.3 | 170.7 |
| Cold days (≤-2 °C) | 30.3 | 26.7 | 24.9 | 9.9 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 5 | 18.3 | 28.6 | 144.3 |
| Very cold days (≤-10 °C) | 25.2 | 21.9 | 13.5 | 0.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 19.3 | 84.8 |
| Frigidly cold days (≤-20 °C) | 12.9 | 8.7 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 6.5 | 31.3 |
Precipitation
There are almost 900 mm of rain in Quebec City, The wettest month is July with 121.4 mm. While the driest is February of only 15.2. 1189.7 mm of total precipitation fall a year. Snowfall falls 303.4 cm/yr.
Total precipitation
| Climate data for Quebec | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 86.6 (3.41) |
74.5 (2.93) |
76.1 (3.00) |
83.5 (3.29) |
115.9 (4.56) |
111.4 (4.39) |
121.4 (4.78) |
104.2 (4.10) |
115.5 (4.55) |
98.3 (3.87) |
102.5 (4.04) |
99.9 (3.93) |
1,189.7 (46.84) |
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| Precipitation data for Quebec City | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Highest monthly total precipitation | 161.7 (6.4) |
186.0 (7.3) |
177.8 (7.0) |
183.0 (7.2) |
259.6 (10.2) |
231.2 (9.1) |
256.4 (10.1) |
216.8 (8.5) |
213.6 (8.4) |
234.0 (9.2) |
177.8 (7.0) |
239.0 (9.4) |
1578.2 (62.1) |
| Highest 24 hour total precipitation | 53.4 (2.1) |
53.4 (2.1) |
63.5 (2.5) |
55.4 (2.2) |
54.2 (2.1) |
78.0 (3.1) |
59.9 (2.4) |
55.4 (2.2) |
81.2 (3.2) |
56.9 (2.2) |
45.7 (1.8) |
49.6 (2.0) |
81.2 (3.2) |
References
- ^ "Quebec City Climate Normals 1981-2010", date:Mar 2019
- ^ "Quebec City Average Absolute Daily Temps" ,date=Mar 2019
- ^ "Quebec Monthly Almanac" ,date=Mar 2019
- ^ "Quebec Average Monthly Temperature Totals" ,date=Mar 2019