Sorel-Tracy climate — normals and trends
Sorel-Tracy (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.2 °C and it receives 1,049 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 (21.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sorel-Tracy averages 152 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Sorel-Tracy 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 160 to 144 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 1 August 1975) and the coldest -35.9 °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
Sorel-TracyQuebec
- coords
- 46.04°, -73.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.2°C
Average daily high
10.7°C
Average daily low
1.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,049mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
17.3km/h
Seasonal range
31.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
152 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
160.7 cm
Average feels-like high
8.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
36.9 °C
1 August 1975
Coldest day
-35.9 °C
15 January 1957
Wettest day
105 mm
9 August 2024
Windiest day
50.0 km/h
1 November 2019
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
23 September 1989
Hottest feels-like
42.0 °C
1 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-41.5 °C
15 January 1957
Snowiest day
29.9 cm
30 November 1944
Sunniest day
15.6 h
25 June 2018
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 | -5.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 48 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | -5.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 82 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 4.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 91 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 11.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 111 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 18.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 118 mm | +27 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 120 mm | +23 mm |
| Jul | 26.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 113 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 25.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 56 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 21.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 50 mm | -46 mm |
| Oct | 15.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 130 mm | +36 mm |
| Nov | 3.0 °C | -1.8 °C | 116 mm | +24 mm |
| Dec | -4.0 °C | -1.0 °C | 72 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sorel-Tracy?
Sorel-Tracy has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.2 °C and it receives 1,049 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sorel-Tracy?
The hottest day measured in Sorel-Tracy between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1975, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sorel-Tracy?
The coldest day measured in Sorel-Tracy between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1957, at -35.9 °C.
Does it snow in Sorel-Tracy?
Yes. Sorel-Tracy gets on average 160.7 cm of snow per year and has around 152 frost days.
Has the climate of Sorel-Tracy warmed?
Yes: Sorel-Tracy warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sorel-Tracy?
The wettest day measured in Sorel-Tracy between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2024, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sorel-Tracy?
The windiest day measured in Sorel-Tracy between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 2019, with winds reaching 50.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sorel-Tracy?
The warmest month in Sorel-Tracy is July (21.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Sorel-Tracy?
Sorel-Tracy receives on average 1,049 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sorel-Tracy?
Sorel-Tracy 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 Sorel-Tracy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sorel-Tracy between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1944, with 29.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sorel-Tracy?
Yes: Sorel-Tracy has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sorel-Tracy?
In Sorel-Tracy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.0 °C on 1 August 1975, and the lowest was -41.5 °C on 15 January 1957.
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