Sherbrooke Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Sherbrooke

This first table lists monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.2 centimetres (0.08 inches).

Average total snowfall and days with fresh snow in Sherbrooke

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
18.9	January	26.8	68
14.3	February	21.3	54
10.9	March	19.0	48
5.6	April	8.3	21
0.2	May	0.1	0
0.1	September	0.0	0
1.5	October	1.2	3
8.6	November	11.4	29
16.2	December	24.4	62
76.3	Year	112.8	286

When Sherbrooke Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of autumn for Sherbrooke usually arrives in October or November, but can show up as early as September.

The season's last snowfall typically happens in April although in some years it doesn't stop snowing until May.

Sherbrooke is normally free of snow every year from June to August.

How Many Snowstorms Sherbrooke Gets

Most days of snowfall in Sherbrooke leave less than five centimetres (2 inches) of fresh snow on the ground. For 16 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least five cm.

Big snowstorms of over ten cm a day normally occur seven or eight times a year. Major blizzards that dump 25 cm or more in one day are rare events that don't happen every year. Storms this severe can show up anytime from November to April, but are most common in December.

Number of days per month and year on average in Sherbrooke with a total snowfall of at least 5, 10 or 20 centimetres

	5 cm 2.0 inches	10 cm 3.9 inches	25 cm 9.8 inches
January	3.7	1.6	0.1
February	3.0	1.6	0.1
March	2.9	1.4	0.1
April	1.1	0.7	0.1
October	0.3	0.0	0.0
November	1.6	0.6	0.1
December	3.7	1.5	0.2
Year	16.3	7.5	0.7

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Sherbrooke

For about 133 days, or more than one-third of a year, Sherbrooke has at least a centimetre of snow on the ground. In mid-winter the snowpack averages 35 cm deep.

Generally the snow cover builds during December and is deepest in February. Most of the melting occurs in late March. By the end of April, the ground is normally clear of snow.

Average total days per month and year in Sherbrooke with snow depth of at least 1, 5, 10 or 20 cm on the ground

1 cm 0.4 inches	5 cm 2.0 inches		10 cm 3.9 inches	20 cm 7.9 inches
30.7	28.9	January	27.4	19.9
27.6	27.4	February	26.3	21.3
29.4	26.0	March	22.5	17.6
7.4	4.9	April	3.6	2.6
0.1	0.0	May	0.0	0.0
0.4	0.1	October	0.0	0.0
10.1	5.3	November	2.2	0.9
27.8	22.1	December	16.6	11.2
133.4	114.6	Year	98.7	73.4