Average Snowfall for Quebec in October

The tables below list monthly averages for snowfall during October 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

October snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0 Drummondville 0.5 1.3
1 Granby 1.4 3.4
1 Montréal 0.7 1.8
2 Sherbrooke 1.2 3.2
0 Sorel - Tracy 0.4 1.1
0 St Hyacinthe 0.4 1.0
2 Thetford Mines 2.6 6.6

South-Central Quebec

Total amount of snow in October on average
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0 Joliette 0.6 1.5
0 La Tuque 0.7 1.7
1 Québec City 1.3 3.2
2 Roberval 3.0 7.7
3 Saguenay 3.3 8.3
1 Trois-Rivières 1.1 2.8

Western Quebec

Average total snowfall in October
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
2 Amos 3.3 8.3
0 Lachute 0.8 2.0
2 Maniwaki 2.0 5.0
1 Mont Laurier 1.1 2.8
1 St Donat 1.7 4.2
0 St Jerome 0.5 1.3
4 Ste-Agathe-des-Monts 2.4 6.1
7 Val-D'or 5.0 12.6

Gaspé Peninsula

Average October snowfall
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0 Caplan 0.1 0.4
1 Gaspé 1.6 4.0
1 Iles de la Madeleine 0.3 0.7
0 Rimouski 0.7 1.8
0 Ste-Anne-des-Monts 0.5 1.3

North Shore

October snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
2 Baie-Comeau 2.1 5.4
2 Blanc-Sablon 2.4 6.0
8 Fermont 8.2 20.7
2 Natashquan 1.9 5.0
18 Schefferville 20.0 50.8
2 Sept-Iles 2.1 5.3
0 Tadoussac 0.4 1.1

Northern Quebec

October snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
16 Inukjuak 12.9 32.7
13 Kuujjuaq 10.3 26.1
12 Kuujjuarapik 11.6 29.4
12 Radisson 12.7 32.4
Reference

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

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