SHAWINIGAN, QUEBEC

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 87

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		4		-13		-11		-4		3		11		16		19		18		13		6		---		-9

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 87

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		8		-8		-6		---		8		17		22		25		23		18		11		2		-5

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 87

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		---		-18		-17		-9		-1		5		10		14		12		8		2		-4		-13

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		37.2		10.5		9.4		17.8		31		33.9		35.6		36.7		37.2		32.8		30		19.4		11.1

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		-47		-47		-37.8		-33.9		-24.4		-7.2		-2.8		-0.6		1		-6.7		-11.1		-25		-42.2

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		4.2		---		---		---		---		0.4		1.1		2		0.6		---		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 70F/21C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		96.1		---		---		---		1		11.2		21.8		27.9		24.8		8.5		0.9		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 50F/10C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		182.7		---		---		1.5		12		28.4		30		31		31		28.9		17.1		2.6		0.1

Average Number of Days Above 32F/0C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		269.8		4.4		5.6		17.8		28.6		31		30		31		31		30		31		21.7		7.7

Average Number of Days Below 35F/2C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		195.9		30.9		28.1		30.5		23.2		6.5		0.3		---		---		3.1		15.1		27.2		31

Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		173.8		30.7		27.8		28.7		17.6		3.1		0.1		---		---		1.1		9.9		24.1		30.6

Average Number of Days Below 28F/-2C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		141.6		30		26.8		24.3		10.3		0.6		---		---		---		0.1		3.6		17.6		28.4

Average Number of Days Below 10F/-12C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		81.9		24.9		20.8		12.8		1		---		---		---		---		---		---		3.7		18.8

Average Number of Days Below -4F/-20C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		32.2		13.3		9.5		2.7		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		6.6

Average Number of Days Below -22F/-30C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		3.3		1.9		0.9		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.5

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 85

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		975		75		60		70		72		78		90		95		92		95		86		81		82

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		143.4		12.4		9.1		10		11.2		12.5		13.3		13.3		13		12.6		11.9		11.1		13.1

Most Precipitation Reported in a Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		104.1		57.2		43.2		50.8		60.5		55.9		95		96		78.7		104.1		74.7		94.6		53.3

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.2in/5mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		67.6		5.4		4.1		4.9		5.5		6		5.9		6		6.1		5.8		5.6		5.6		6.8

Avg. # of Days w/Precip. Above 0.4in/10mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		37.2		2.6		1.8		2.6		2.7		3.7		3.4		3.9		3.5		3.6		3.4		2.8		3.4

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 1in/25mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		7.2		0.6		0.5		0.4		0.4		0.6		0.7		1		0.9		0.8		0.6		0.4		0.2

Average Rainfall

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		819.4		17.7		15		34.5		67.7		97.1		101.6		107.6		103		99.3		91.9		58.5		25.6

Average Number of Rainy Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		101.3		1.5		1.1		4		9.6		12.5		13.3		13.3		13		12.6		11.7		6.3		2.6

Most Rain Reported in a Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		104		45		41		51		60		56		95		96		79		104		75		95		53

Avg. No. of Days w/Rain Above 0.2in/5mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		48.7		0.8		0.7		2		4.6		6		5.9		6		6.1		5.8		5.5		3.5		1.8

Avg. No. of Days w/Rain Above 0.4in/10mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		28.8		0.5		0.4		1.1		2.4		3.6		3.4		3.9		3.5		3.6		3.4		2.1		1

Avg. No. of Days w/Rain Above 1in/25mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		6.3		0.2		0.2		0.3		0.3		0.6		0.7		1		0.9		0.8		0.6		0.4		0.1

Average Snowfall

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
cm		249.1		61.1		45.2		39		13.4		0.5		---		---		---		---		0.6		24		65.4

Average Number of Days With Snow

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		43.5		11.4		8		6		2.1		0.2		---		---		---		---		0.3		4.7		10.7

Deepest Snow Cover Reported

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
cm		110		84		98		110		86		1		---		---		---		---		1		30		85

Most Snow Reported in a Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
cm		57.2		57.2		43.2		39.4		52.1		10.2		---		---		---		---		15.2		35.6		45.7

Avg. No. of Days w/Snowfall Above 2in/5cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		18.1		4.6		3.4		2.7		0.8		---		---		---		---		---		---		2		4.6

Avg. No. of Days w/Snow Above 3.9in/10cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		7.4		1.8		1.3		1.3		0.3		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.6		2.1

Avg. No. of Days w/Snowfall Above 10in/25cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		0.7		0.1		0.2		0.1		0.1		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		0.1

Heating Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2803.3		526.7		447.2		383.2		230.5		106.9		31.6		9.3		19.8		87.8		192.9		307.4		460.1

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		84.7		---		---		---		0.1		2.7		15.7		37.1		25.6		3.4		---		---		---

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 87

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		783.9		---		---		---		---		17.2		166.7		275.6		241.1		83.3		---		---		---

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.8		9.7		10.9		12.5		14.2		15.7		16.4		16		14.7		13		11.4		9.9		9.2

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		12.1		5.5		8.9		13		16.3		18.1		19.7		18.4		16.5		12.1		7.6		4.9		4.2

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		6.1		3.1		4.5		6.3		7.6		8.9		9.5		9.2		8.1		6.1		4		2.9		2.6

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		13.6		9.7		13.8		17		17		16.6		17.1		16.3		16.2		13.6		10		7.8		7.5

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		12.2		8.6		12.3		14.5		15.8		15.4		16.6		15		14.7		12		9		6.5		6.7

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		12.1		5.5		8.9		13		16.3		18.1		19.7		18.4		16.5		12.1		7.6		4.9		4.2

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		6.3		3.4		4.9		6.7		7.7		9.1		9.6		9.3		8.2		6.5		4.7		3.1		2.9

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		16.1		10.9		16.2		19.6		19.7		19.7		20.6		19.1		19.6		16.6		13.2		9		9.3

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		16		9.9		14.9		17.4		20.1		21		23.5		20.5		20.5		15.7		12.5		7.6		8.6

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		9.8		4.8		7.5		11.9		11.9		14.5		16.4		14.5		12.7		10.4		5.6		4.2		3.3

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		5.8		2.9		4		6		7.5		8.8		9.3		9		7.9		5.8		3.4		2.7		2.2

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		10.8		8.2		11.4		15.3		11.8		13.2		14.4		13		12.1		11.3		7		6.5		5.5

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		8.3		7.2		9.8		12.6		8		9.5		11.3		9.1		8.3		9		5.6		5.3		4.6