Sainte-Thérèse climate — normals and trends
Sainte-Thérèse (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 1,047 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sainte-Thérèse averages 153 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Sainte-Thérèse has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 161 to 145 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 1 August 1975) and the coldest -37.3 °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
Sainte-ThérèseQuebec
- coords
- 45.64°, -73.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.0°C
Average daily high
10.6°C
Average daily low
1.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,047mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
31.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
153 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
170.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.0 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
36.3 °C
1 August 1975
Coldest day
-37.3 °C
15 January 1957
Wettest day
95 mm
9 August 2024
Windiest day
48.8 km/h
25 February 1956
Strongest gust
100.8 km/h
27 January 1996
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
1 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-43.0 °C
15 January 1957
Snowiest day
33.4 cm
30 November 1944
Sunniest day
15.5 h
22 June 2023
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 | -5.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 42 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | -5.3 °C | -1.1 °C | 83 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 4.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 93 mm | +17 mm |
| Apr | 11.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 100 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 110 mm | +20 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 92 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 27.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 93 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 56 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 21.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 52 mm | -42 mm |
| Oct | 15.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 136 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 2.9 °C | -1.8 °C | 108 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | -4.6 °C | -1.6 °C | 73 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sainte-Thérèse?
Sainte-Thérèse has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 1,047 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sainte-Thérèse?
The hottest day measured in Sainte-Thérèse between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1975, reaching 36.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sainte-Thérèse?
The coldest day measured in Sainte-Thérèse between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1957, at -37.3 °C.
Does it snow in Sainte-Thérèse?
Yes. Sainte-Thérèse gets on average 170.1 cm of snow per year and has around 153 frost days.
Has the climate of Sainte-Thérèse warmed?
Yes: Sainte-Thérèse warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sainte-Thérèse?
The wettest day measured in Sainte-Thérèse between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2024, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sainte-Thérèse?
The windiest day measured in Sainte-Thérèse between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1956, with winds reaching 48.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sainte-Thérèse?
The warmest month in Sainte-Thérèse is July (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Sainte-Thérèse?
Sainte-Thérèse receives on average 1,047 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sainte-Thérèse?
Sainte-Thérèse 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 Sainte-Thérèse?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sainte-Thérèse between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1944, with 33.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sainte-Thérèse?
Yes: Sainte-Thérèse has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sainte-Thérèse?
In Sainte-Thérèse, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 1 August 1975, and the lowest was -43.0 °C on 15 January 1957.
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