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 |