Rivière-du-Loup climate — normals and trends
Rivière-du-Loup (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.3 °C and it receives 1,030 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 (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Rivière-du-Loup averages 166 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Rivière-du-Loup has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 180 to 152 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.9 °C (on 18 July 1953) and the coldest -31.9 °C (on 18 January 1982).
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
Rivière-du-LoupQuebec
- coords
- 47.83°, -69.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.3°C
Average daily high
6.5°C
Average daily low
0.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,030mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
19.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
166 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
231.3 cm
Average feels-like high
3.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · p = < 0.001
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
29.9 °C
18 July 1953
Coldest day
-31.9 °C
18 January 1982
Wettest day
81 mm
6 August 1981
Windiest day
49.3 km/h
6 October 1979
Strongest gust
112.7 km/h
11 February 1981
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
2 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-40.3 °C
12 February 1967
Snowiest day
34.5 cm
17 March 2007
Sunniest day
15.4 h
24 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -6.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 62 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | -6.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 66 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 1.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 84 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 6.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 107 mm | +20 mm |
| May | 12.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 136 mm | +44 mm |
| Jun | 18.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 125 mm | +31 mm |
| Jul | 21.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 108 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 20.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 52 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 16.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 33 mm | -64 mm |
| Oct | 11.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 95 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 2.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 90 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | -5.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 81 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rivière-du-Loup?
Rivière-du-Loup has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.3 °C and it receives 1,030 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rivière-du-Loup?
The hottest day measured in Rivière-du-Loup between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1953, reaching 29.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rivière-du-Loup?
The coldest day measured in Rivière-du-Loup between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1982, at -31.9 °C.
Does it snow in Rivière-du-Loup?
Yes. Rivière-du-Loup gets on average 231.3 cm of snow per year and has around 166 frost days.
Has the climate of Rivière-du-Loup warmed?
Yes: Rivière-du-Loup warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rivière-du-Loup?
The wettest day measured in Rivière-du-Loup between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1981, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rivière-du-Loup?
The windiest day measured in Rivière-du-Loup between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1979, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rivière-du-Loup?
The warmest month in Rivière-du-Loup is July (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Rivière-du-Loup?
Rivière-du-Loup receives on average 1,030 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rivière-du-Loup?
Rivière-du-Loup gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Rivière-du-Loup?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rivière-du-Loup between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2007, with 34.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Rivière-du-Loup?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Rivière-du-Loup.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rivière-du-Loup?
In Rivière-du-Loup, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 2 August 1975, and the lowest was -40.3 °C on 12 February 1967.
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