Average Snowfall for Quebec in December

The tables below list monthly averages for snowfall during December at cities and towns in Quebec.

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.

The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.2 centimetres (0.08 inches) this month. The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Southern Quebec

December snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
11 Drummondville 24.1 61.2
14 Granby 23.9 60.7
13 Montréal 19.2 48.9
16 Sherbrooke 24.4 62.1
10 Sorel - Tracy 19.2 48.7
10 St Hyacinthe 20.3 51.6
16 Thetford Mines 32.9 83.6

South-Central Quebec

Total amount of snow in December on average
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
8 Joliette 20.2 51.4
11 La Tuque 17.1 43.4
17 Québec City 28.5 72.4
16 Roberval 22.4 56.9
20 Saguenay 28.9 73.4
11 Trois-Rivières 25.7 65.3

Western Quebec

Average total snowfall in December
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
11 Amos 20.2 51.2
12 Lachute 20.7 52.5
17 Maniwaki 21.7 55.2
14 Mont Laurier 22.2 56.4
15 St Donat 26.1 66.2
8 St Jerome 16.2 41.2
19 Ste-Agathe-des-Monts 30.1 76.6
21 Val-D'or 23.2 58.8

Gaspé Peninsula

Average December snowfall
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
8 Caplan 16.1 40.8
14 Gaspé 29.5 75.0
18 Iles de la Madeleine 20.4 51.7
12 Rimouski 24.5 62.2
15 Ste-Anne-des-Monts 19.7 49.9

North Shore

December snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
14 Baie-Comeau 28.8 73.2
16 Blanc-Sablon 29.7 75.5
13 Fermont 19.6 49.9
16 Natashquan 28.5 72.3
19 Schefferville 20.9 53.0
15 Sept-Iles 34.3 87.2
8 Tadoussac 21.6 54.8

Northern Quebec

December snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
16 Inukjuak 11.6 29.5
16 Kuujjuaq 14.3 36.2
21 Kuujjuarapik 18.9 47.9
20 Radisson 17.5 44.4
Reference

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.

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