Average Precipitation for Quebec in August

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during August at cities and towns in Quebec. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

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 calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010.

Southern Quebec

Average monthly precipitation in August
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
12 Drummondville 4.2 106
13 Granby 4.8 123
12 Montréal 3.7 94
13 Sherbrooke 5.0 126
12 Sorel - Tracy 3.8 96
13 St Hyacinthe 4.1 104
14 Thetford Mines 5.3 135

South-Central Quebec

August averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
10 Joliette 3.6 90
15 La Tuque 3.7 94
13 Québec City 4.1 104
14 Roberval 3.4 86
16 Saguenay 3.6 91
13 Trois-Rivières 4.0 101

Western Quebec

Average amount of rain and snow in August
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
14 Amos 3.9 98
12 Lachute 4.1 104
14 Maniwaki 4.4 111
15 Mont Laurier 3.9 100
14 St Donat 4.3 110
12 St Jerome 3.5 88
14 Ste-Agathe-des-Monts 4.4 113
15 Val-D'or 3.7 93

Gaspé Peninsula

Precipitation totals for August
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
12 Caplan 3.8 95
13 Gaspé 3.7 94
13 Iles de la Madeleine 3.3 85
14 Rimouski 3.4 86
14 Ste-Anne-des-Monts 3.2 81

North Shore

Total precipitation during August
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
14 Baie-Comeau 3.0 75
15 Blanc-Sablon 3.8 96
18 Fermont 4.0 101
13 Natashquan 3.6 92
18 Schefferville 3.2 83
14 Sept-Iles 3.3 84
11 Tadoussac 4.1 103

Northern Quebec

Total precipitation during August
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
16 Inukjuak 2.3 58
18 Kuujjuaq 2.8 71
17 Kuujjuarapik 3.6 92
16 Radisson 3.6 91
Reference

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

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