The tables below list monthly averages for snowfall during January 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
January snowfall averages
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
13 |
Drummondville |
23.5 |
59.6 |
16 |
Granby |
25.6 |
65.0 |
15 |
Montréal |
19.5 |
49.5 |
19 |
Sherbrooke |
26.8 |
68.2 |
11 |
Sorel - Tracy |
19.4 |
49.3 |
11 |
St Hyacinthe |
18.0 |
45.7 |
16 |
Thetford Mines |
32.3 |
82.1 |
South-Central Quebec
Total amount of snow in January on average
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
9 |
Joliette |
20.2 |
51.3 |
12 |
La Tuque |
19.9 |
50.5 |
16 |
Québec City |
28.3 |
71.9 |
16 |
Roberval |
20.3 |
51.6 |
19 |
Saguenay |
25.5 |
64.8 |
12 |
Trois-Rivières |
23.0 |
58.5 |
Western Quebec
Average total snowfall in January
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
11 |
Amos |
20.2 |
51.4 |
13 |
Lachute |
22.0 |
55.9 |
17 |
Maniwaki |
20.3 |
51.6 |
15 |
Mont Laurier |
20.4 |
51.7 |
16 |
St Donat |
27.5 |
69.9 |
10 |
St Jerome |
19.6 |
49.9 |
19 |
Ste-Agathe-des-Monts |
28.8 |
73.1 |
18 |
Val-D'or |
20.6 |
52.2 |
Gaspé Peninsula
Average January snowfall
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
10 |
Caplan |
25.4 |
64.4 |
14 |
Gaspé |
31.6 |
80.2 |
20 |
Iles de la Madeleine |
24.1 |
61.1 |
14 |
Rimouski |
24.8 |
63.1 |
17 |
Ste-Anne-des-Monts |
21.6 |
54.9 |
North Shore
January snowfall averages
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
17 |
Baie-Comeau |
33.0 |
83.8 |
17 |
Blanc-Sablon |
33.6 |
85.4 |
12 |
Fermont |
18.4 |
46.7 |
19 |
Natashquan |
31.3 |
79.5 |
17 |
Schefferville |
21.1 |
53.7 |
16 |
Sept-Iles |
33.1 |
84.1 |
9 |
Tadoussac |
25.6 |
65.0 |
Northern Quebec
January snowfall averages
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
11 |
Inukjuak |
5.8 |
14.7 |
15 |
Kuujjuaq |
12.8 |
32.6 |
17 |
Kuujjuarapik |
11.5 |
29.3 |
16 |
Radisson |
13.0 |
33.1 |