Average Snowfall for Quebec in May

The tables below list monthly averages for snowfall during May 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

May snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0 Drummondville 0.1 0.3
0 Granby 0.4 0.9
0 Montréal 0.0 0.0
0 Sherbrooke 0.1 0.4
0 Sorel - Tracy 0.0 0.1
0 St Hyacinthe 0.0 0.0
0 Thetford Mines 0.8 2.0

South-Central Quebec

Total amount of snow in May on average
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0 Joliette 0.0 0.0
0 La Tuque 0.0 0.1
0 Québec City 0.0 0.0
1 Roberval 1.9 4.8
1 Saguenay 1.4 3.4
0 Trois-Rivières 0.0 0.0

Western Quebec

Average total snowfall in May
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0 Amos 0.7 1.7
0 Lachute 0.0 0.0
0 Maniwaki 0.3 0.8
0 Mont Laurier 0.2 0.4
0 St Donat 0.5 1.3
0 St Jerome 0.0 0.0
1 Ste-Agathe-des-Monts 0.8 2.0
2 Val-D'or 1.0 2.6

Gaspé Peninsula

Average May snowfall
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0 Caplan 0.0 0.1
1 Gaspé 1.8 4.6
1 Iles de la Madeleine 1.8 4.5
0 Rimouski 0.5 1.3
1 Ste-Anne-des-Monts 0.5 1.3

North Shore

May snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
1 Baie-Comeau 1.1 2.7
3 Blanc-Sablon 2.9 7.4
4 Fermont 4.5 11.4
2 Natashquan 1.6 4.1
11 Schefferville 8.8 22.4
2 Sept-Iles 3.2 8.1
0 Tadoussac 0.3 0.7

Northern Quebec

May snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
10 Inukjuak 6.5 16.6
8 Kuujjuaq 5.7 14.5
7 Kuujjuarapik 5.6 14.3
6 Radisson 4.7 11.9
Reference

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

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