Average Annual Precipitation for Quebec

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The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities and towns in Quebec. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of precipitation.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches). The annual amount of precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000.

For the entire province of Quebec, total precipitation in a year amounts to an average 812 millimetres (32 inches). Province-wide, Quebec averages 191 days annually when it rains or snows.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Southern Quebec, South-Central Quebec, Western Quebec, Gaspé Peninsula, North Shore and Northern Quebec.

Southern Quebec

Average yearly precipitation
Days Place Inches Millimetres
158 Drummondville 44.3 1125
180 Granby 48.5 1233
163 Montreal 38.5   979
192 Sherbrooke 45.0 1144
139 Sorel - Tracy 38.4   976
157 St Hyacinthe 41.6 1058
190 Thetford Mines 51.1 1297

South-Central Quebec

Annual averages for rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Millimetres
130 Joliette 39.6 1006
157 La Tuque 37.0   940
182 Québec City 48.4 1230
170 Roberval 34.9   887
200 Saguenay 37.4   951
143 Shawinigan 42.1 1069
157 Trois Rivieres 43.3 1100

Western Quebec

Average amount of rain and snow a year
Days Place Inches Millimetres
152 Amos 36.2   918
165 Lachute 44.6 1133
174 Maniwaki 35.8   909
177 Mont Laurier 39.9 1015
171 St Donat 44.4 1128
145 St Jerome 41.9 1064
191 Ste-Agathe-des-Monts 46.2 1175
196 Val-D'or 36.0   914

Gaspé Peninsula

Average annual precipitation
Days Place Inches Millimetres
136 Caplan 38.7   984
162 Gaspé 44.0 1117
165 Rimouski 36.0   915
175 Ste-Anne-des-Monts 33.3   845

North Shore

Annual precipitation totals
Days Place Inches Millimetres
170 Baie-Comeau 39.9 1014
197 Blanc-Sablon 42.0 1067
168 Fermont 31.8   807
182 Natashquan 44.5 1130
216 Schefferville 32.4   823
173 Sept-Iles 45.5 1156
128 Tadoussac 39.3   999

Northern Quebec

Annual precipitation totals
Days Place Inches Millimetres
164 Inukjuak 18.1   460
182 Kuujjuaq 20.7   527
190 Kuujjuarapik 25.5   649
195 Matagami 35.6   906
161 Mistassini 36.2   920
186 Radisson 26.9   684
References

Environment Canada. National Climate Data and Information Archive. Canadian Climate Normals or Averages 1971-2000.

Environment Canada. National Climate Data and Information Archive. Canadian Cities are Weather Winners!

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