Average Snowfall for Quebec in January

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
Reference

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

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