Drummondville climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Drummondville?

Drummondville has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 1,115 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Drummondville?

The hottest day measured in Drummondville between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1975, reaching 36.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Drummondville?

The coldest day measured in Drummondville between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1957, at -36.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Drummondville?

Yes. Drummondville gets on average 165.2 cm of snow per year and has around 150 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Drummondville warmed?

Yes: Drummondville warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Drummondville?

The wettest day measured in Drummondville between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2023, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Drummondville?

The windiest day measured in Drummondville between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 2019, with winds reaching 49.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Drummondville?

The warmest month in Drummondville is July (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Drummondville?

Drummondville receives on average 1,115 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Drummondville?

Drummondville gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Drummondville (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 1,115 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Drummondville averages 150 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.

Drummondville has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 159 to 141 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 1 August 1975) and the coldest -36.3 °C (on 15 January 1957).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

DrummondvilleQuebec

coords: 45.88°, -72.48°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfbWarm-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

6.1°C

Average daily high

10.5°C

Average daily low

1.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,115mm

Sunshine / day

8.3h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

17.3km/h

Seasonal range

30.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

150 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

5 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

145 d/yr

Annual snowfall

165.2 cm

Average feels-like high

7.9 °C

Average feels-like low

-1.8 °C

Average peak gust

35.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

7 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

36.0 °C

1 August 1975

Coldest day

-36.3 °C

15 January 1957

Wettest day

98 mm

10 July 2023

Windiest day

49.8 km/h

1 November 2019

Strongest gust

104.0 km/h

23 September 1989

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

1 August 1975

Coldest feels-like

-41.4 °C

15 January 1957

Snowiest day

33.3 cm

21 November 1986

Sunniest day

15.5 h

25 June 2018

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.3 °C23 June 2025	-28.9 °C2 February 2025	6.7 °C	1,171 mm	9	146
2024	32.9 °C19 June 2024	-20.8 °C26 December 2024	8.6 °C	1,237 mm	6	125
2023	32.4 °C6 July 2023	-30.6 °C4 February 2023	8.0 °C	1,462 mm	5	137
2022	31.6 °C26 June 2022	-31.3 °C22 January 2022	7.0 °C	1,370 mm	5	135
2021	32.7 °C26 August 2021	-25.1 °C31 January 2021	7.9 °C	884 mm	12	134
2020	33.9 °C27 May 2020	-25.9 °C9 February 2020	7.5 °C	1,155 mm	15	148
2019	31.4 °C4 July 2019	-26.0 °C17 January 2019	5.8 °C	1,294 mm	4	149
2018	33.3 °C2 July 2018	-31.8 °C15 January 2018	6.6 °C	1,211 mm	10	160
2017	31.2 °C11 June 2017	-27.8 °C30 December 2017	6.9 °C	1,265 mm	4	135
2016	31.6 °C20 June 2016	-28.4 °C14 February 2016	7.2 °C	1,241 mm	5	147
2015	30.8 °C7 September 2015	-29.0 °C8 January 2015	6.5 °C	1,072 mm	5	136
2014	31.4 °C1 July 2014	-31.0 °C2 January 2014	6.4 °C	1,052 mm	2	144
2013	32.5 °C15 July 2013	-29.1 °C17 December 2013	6.8 °C	1,052 mm	7	149
2012	32.7 °C21 June 2012	-26.8 °C22 January 2012	7.8 °C	1,032 mm	11	140
2011	31.0 °C22 July 2011	-29.8 °C24 January 2011	7.2 °C	1,375 mm	4	139
2010	33.8 °C7 July 2010	-24.6 °C2 February 2010	7.9 °C	1,163 mm	11	131
2009	30.8 °C18 August 2009	-33.7 °C26 January 2009	6.0 °C	1,118 mm	3	145
2008	30.3 °C8 June 2008	-27.9 °C29 February 2008	6.5 °C	1,247 mm	1	145
2007	31.4 °C2 August 2007	-25.7 °C9 March 2007	6.3 °C	1,105 mm	6	144
2006	32.0 °C1 August 2006	-23.2 °C25 February 2006	7.7 °C	1,280 mm	6	135
2005	31.9 °C27 June 2005	-27.4 °C22 January 2005	6.8 °C	1,208 mm	9	145
2004	31.1 °C22 July 2004	-33.6 °C15 January 2004	5.7 °C	943 mm	1	152
2003	32.9 °C26 June 2003	-30.1 °C15 February 2003	5.8 °C	1,148 mm	4	148
2002	33.2 °C14 August 2002	-23.3 °C9 December 2002	6.9 °C	1,018 mm	11	157
2001	33.2 °C9 August 2001	-24.6 °C18 January 2001	7.4 °C	873 mm	12	150
2000	29.4 °C26 June 2000	-28.8 °C23 January 2000	5.9 °C	1,114 mm	0	139
1999	31.6 °C27 June 1999	-31.2 °C14 January 1999	7.6 °C	1,073 mm	7	141
1998	30.9 °C15 July 1998	-28.8 °C1 January 1998	7.9 °C	1,092 mm	4	130
1997	30.8 °C10 June 1997	-31.8 °C30 January 1997	5.4 °C	1,069 mm	1	165
1996	30.2 °C7 August 1996	-30.6 °C7 January 1996	6.0 °C	1,276 mm	1	152
1995	33.5 °C19 June 1995	-32.6 °C11 January 1995	6.4 °C	1,079 mm	8	149
1994	33.2 °C18 June 1994	-34.9 °C27 January 1994	5.6 °C	1,176 mm	4	146
1993	33.2 °C6 July 1993	-35.2 °C7 February 1993	5.4 °C	1,189 mm	5	156
1992	29.7 °C23 May 1992	-31.9 °C17 January 1992	5.4 °C	1,007 mm	0	147
1991	34.0 °C20 July 1991	-28.6 °C8 January 1991	6.7 °C	1,021 mm	5	143
1990	31.5 °C28 July 1990	-26.5 °C26 February 1990	7.0 °C	1,328 mm	5	148
1989	32.5 °C22 June 1989	-32.8 °C30 December 1989	5.2 °C	1,054 mm	11	156
1988	33.9 °C3 August 1988	-29.6 °C14 January 1988	6.4 °C	942 mm	12	141
1987	32.9 °C13 July 1987	-29.5 °C26 January 1987	6.5 °C	1,013 mm	6	144
1986	31.0 °C25 July 1986	-27.1 °C14 January 1986	5.9 °C	1,333 mm	1	150
1985	31.3 °C25 July 1985	-30.6 °C19 December 1985	5.7 °C	973 mm	4	154
1984	31.4 °C9 June 1984	-30.6 °C27 December 1984	6.3 °C	1,074 mm	5	148
1983	33.6 °C4 July 1983	-31.7 °C21 December 1983	6.7 °C	1,328 mm	14	141
1982	33.2 °C17 July 1982	-31.6 °C18 January 1982	5.9 °C	986 mm	4	148
1981	32.4 °C8 July 1981	-35.7 °C4 January 1981	6.5 °C	1,187 mm	3	143
1980	31.6 °C25 June 1980	-31.0 °C25 December 1980	5.3 °C	1,031 mm	2	163
1979	32.3 °C25 July 1979	-30.5 °C12 February 1979	6.7 °C	1,015 mm	5	142
1978	32.2 °C28 May 1978	-27.4 °C3 February 1978	5.1 °C	1,009 mm	7	164
1977	34.1 °C19 July 1977	-29.4 °C12 December 1977	6.3 °C	1,119 mm	10	150
1976	31.0 °C6 July 1976	-34.4 °C11 January 1976	5.1 °C	1,399 mm	3	166
1975	36.0 °C1 August 1975	-30.1 °C20 December 1975	6.5 °C	1,184 mm	12	163
1974	28.9 °C14 July 1974	-32.1 °C18 January 1974	5.3 °C	1,277 mm	0	169
1973	31.9 °C8 July 1973	-29.7 °C1 February 1973	7.0 °C	1,311 mm	2	139
1972	31.4 °C15 July 1972	-33.4 °C23 February 1972	4.8 °C	1,173 mm	5	178
1971	31.8 °C30 June 1971	-34.6 °C3 February 1971	5.6 °C	1,002 mm	2	158
1970	31.4 °C30 July 1970	-33.0 °C22 December 1970	5.6 °C	955 mm	9	160
1969	31.3 °C27 June 1969	-25.5 °C25 December 1969	6.0 °C	1,092 mm	3	163
1968	31.8 °C15 July 1968	-32.9 °C9 January 1968	5.4 °C	929 mm	4	149
1967	30.9 °C4 June 1967	-35.0 °C13 February 1967	5.3 °C	1,055 mm	3	170
1966	32.3 °C3 July 1966	-28.8 °C19 February 1966	6.1 °C	978 mm	2	157
1965	30.8 °C28 June 1965	-34.7 °C15 January 1965	5.1 °C	921 mm	1	168
1964	31.5 °C18 July 1964	-28.1 °C10 February 1964	5.8 °C	842 mm	3	162
1963	33.5 °C25 July 1963	-31.0 °C4 February 1963	5.0 °C	1,010 mm	10	160
1962	29.1 °C15 June 1962	-33.5 °C2 February 1962	5.1 °C	1,092 mm	0	167
1961	29.9 °C23 July 1961	-29.2 °C22 January 1961	5.8 °C	1,063 mm	0	160
1960	31.1 °C19 August 1960	-33.0 °C10 January 1960	6.3 °C	1,014 mm	3	153
1959	32.6 °C30 July 1959	-28.1 °C9 February 1959	5.9 °C	1,150 mm	10	161
1958	28.5 °C31 August 1958	-28.2 °C21 December 1958	5.5 °C	1,129 mm	0	151
1957	31.1 °C23 June 1957	-36.3 °C15 January 1957	6.3 °C	1,179 mm	4	140
1956	31.5 °C15 June 1956	-27.7 °C2 January 1956	5.2 °C	1,026 mm	2	165
1955	33.7 °C10 July 1955	-31.7 °C22 December 1955	6.1 °C	955 mm	16	157
1954	29.3 °C25 August 1954	-31.8 °C23 January 1954	5.6 °C	1,403 mm	0	149
1953	33.6 °C17 July 1953	-23.7 °C1 January 1953	7.6 °C	942 mm	7	116
1952	33.5 °C23 July 1952	-29.6 °C30 January 1952	6.5 °C	1,058 mm	7	156
1951	30.1 °C20 June 1951	-32.4 °C10 February 1951	6.0 °C	1,202 mm	1	149
1950	30.6 °C13 July 1950	-29.5 °C4 March 1950	5.6 °C	1,105 mm	2	155
1949	32.4 °C27 July 1949	-25.9 °C6 February 1949	6.8 °C	1,020 mm	13	148
1948	32.2 °C27 August 1948	-33.6 °C10 February 1948	5.8 °C	963 mm	5	148
1947	32.2 °C14 August 1947	-26.9 °C1 January 1947	5.9 °C	1,208 mm	6	169
1946	32.9 °C30 June 1946	-32.5 °C20 January 1946	6.2 °C	1,081 mm	5	138
1945	30.4 °C30 June 1945	-27.3 °C7 January 1945	6.0 °C	1,407 mm	1	136
1944	32.2 °C16 August 1944	-26.9 °C30 December 1944	5.7 °C	929 mm	9	171
1943	30.1 °C12 July 1943	-28.9 °C15 December 1943	5.0 °C	1,078 mm	1	162
1942	30.3 °C22 August 1942	-33.9 °C8 January 1942	5.7 °C	1,066 mm	1	154
1941	30.5 °C24 July 1941	-27.7 °C22 December 1941	5.0 °C	998 mm	2	161
1940	29.0 °C23 July 1940	-25.2 °C9 January 1940	5.2 °C	1,218 mm	0	165

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

11.3 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

9 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

146 d/yr

-4

Annual rainfall

1171 mm

+56 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	-5.8 °C	0.0 °C	57 mm	-15 mm
Feb	-5.2 °C	-1.2 °C	85 mm	+19 mm
Mar	5.1 °C	+3.2 °C	94 mm	+16 mm
Apr	11.0 °C	+1.0 °C	118 mm	+26 mm
May	18.1 °C	0.0 °C	133 mm	+36 mm
Jun	23.9 °C	+1.0 °C	139 mm	+31 mm
Jul	26.3 °C	+1.1 °C	131 mm	+17 mm
Aug	24.9 °C	+1.0 °C	52 mm	-54 mm
Sep	21.5 °C	+2.1 °C	46 mm	-56 mm
Oct	15.1 °C	+2.6 °C	122 mm	+25 mm
Nov	3.1 °C	-1.7 °C	114 mm	+20 mm
Dec	-3.6 °C	-0.9 °C	80 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.3 °C

23 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-28.9 °C

2 Feb 2025

Wettest day

44.2 mm

31 Oct 2025

Windiest day

38.5 km/h

19 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

91.1 km/h

19 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.8 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-33.8 °C

2 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

16.5 cm

16 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

15.4 h

25 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Drummondville?

Drummondville has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 1,115 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Drummondville?

The hottest day measured in Drummondville between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1975, reaching 36.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Drummondville?

The coldest day measured in Drummondville between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1957, at -36.3 °C.

Does it snow in Drummondville?

Yes. Drummondville gets on average 165.2 cm of snow per year and has around 150 frost days.

Has the climate of Drummondville warmed?

Yes: Drummondville warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Drummondville?

The wettest day measured in Drummondville between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2023, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Drummondville?

The windiest day measured in Drummondville between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 2019, with winds reaching 49.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Drummondville?

The warmest month in Drummondville is July (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Drummondville?

Drummondville receives on average 1,115 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Drummondville?

Drummondville gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Drummondville?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Drummondville between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1986, with 33.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Drummondville?

Yes: Drummondville has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Drummondville?

In Drummondville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 1 August 1975, and the lowest was -41.4 °C on 15 January 1957.

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