Saguenay Temperatures: Averages by Month
The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Saguenay, Quebec during each month of the year.
The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for the city, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.
To find out how often it rises over 10, 20 or 30 °C each month in Saguenay, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with frost and cold weather.
The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1981 to 2010 weather.
| High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | -2 | January | -9 | -19 |
| 19 | 0 | February | -7 | -18 |
| 31 | 11 | March | 0 | -12 |
| 45 | 26 | April | 7 | -3 |
| 63 | 40 | May | 17 | 4 |
| 72 | 49 | June | 22 | 9 |
| 77 | 56 | July | 25 | 13 |
| 75 | 55 | August | 24 | 13 |
| 66 | 46 | September | 19 | 8 |
| 51 | 35 | October | 11 | 2 |
| 36 | 22 | November | 2 | -5 |
| 23 | 8 | December | -5 | -13 |
| 48 | 29 | Year | 9 | -2 |
| High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | -6 | January | -10 | -21 |
| 19 | -2 | February | -7 | -19 |
| 31 | 10 | March | -1 | -12 |
| 46 | 27 | April | 8 | -3 |
| 61 | 38 | May | 16 | 3 |
| 72 | 49 | June | 22 | 9 |
| 76 | 54 | July | 24 | 12 |
| 73 | 52 | August | 23 | 11 |
| 64 | 44 | September | 18 | 7 |
| 49 | 34 | October | 10 | 1 |
| 35 | 22 | November | 2 | -6 |
| 22 | 5 | December | -6 | -15 |
| 47 | 27 | Year | 8 | -3 |
Days of Hot Weather in Saguenay
Saguenay usually has eight days a year with temperatures in the low-thirties Celsius. The 30-degree weather can show up here as early as May or as late as September. The temperature climbs above 35 degrees Celsius (95 °F) on an average of two days in a decade.
| 10 °C 50 °F |
20 °C 68 °F |
30 °C 86 °F | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 26 | 8 | 1 |
| June | 30 | 19 | 2 |
| July | 31 | 25 | 3 |
| August | 31 | 23 | 2 |
| September | 28 | 9 | 0 |
| October | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year | 172 | 87 | 8 |
When Saguenay Has Frosty Weather
Saguenay typically has 190 days a year when the minimum temperature is at 0 °C or below. The average date for the last frost in spring is May 22. Frost normally returns here on September 23. The frost-free period extends for 123 days on average between the final spring frost and the first fall frost.
| 0 °C 32 °F | |
|---|---|
| January | 31 |
| February | 28 |
| March | 30 |
| April | 22 |
| May | 7 |
| June | 0 |
| July | 0 |
| August | 0 |
| September | 2 |
| October | 13 |
| November | 26 |
| December | 31 |
| Year | 190 |
How Often Saguenay Has Cold Temperatures
Saguenay's chilliest winter nights have lows in the minus-thirties °C (below -22 °F). The city averages seven nights a year, mostly in January, when the thermometer drops that low.
From October to April, Saguenay can remain below freezing all day long. The city typically has 105 days a year when the temperature never rises above 0 °C.
| -2 °C 28 °F |
-10 °C 14 °F |
-20 °C -4 °F | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 28 | 19 |
| February | 28 | 24 | 13 |
| March | 27 | 18 | 6 |
| April | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| May | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 21 | 6 | 0 |
| December | 30 | 22 | 9 |
| Year | 161 | 99 | 47 |
References
Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.
Jay Lawrimore, Ron Ray, Scott Applequist, Bryant Korzeniewski, Matthew Menne. 2016. Global Summary of the Month and Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.