Climate averages 1991–2020

Sherbrooke weather
in February.

A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high -3.1°C Daytime mean, February
Average low -13.2°C Night-time mean, February
Precipitation 64 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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February is a freezing month in Sherbrooke: daytime highs average -3.1°C and nights cool to about -13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 64 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (107 km away). In February its highs average -3.2°C, about as warm as Sherbrooke, with 60 mm of precipitation.

Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Sherbrooke ranks 60th of 86 for the warmest February highs and 66th of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Sherbrooke is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 2.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 64 mm to 79 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sherbrooke climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sherbrooke, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -4.7°C-14.5°C-14.5°C7612.29.29 h
February, selected -3.1°C-13.2°C-13.2°C6410.510.410 h
March 2.2°C-7.6°C-7.6°C7912.211.912 h
April 9.7°C-0.1°C-0.1°C9912.513.513 h
May 17.3°C7.0°C7.0°C11714.114.915 h
June 21.8°C12.5°C12.5°C13114.115.616 h
July 24.0°C15.5°C15.5°C12615.215.315 h
August 23.1°C14.8°C14.8°C12313.714.114 h
September 19.3°C10.8°C10.8°C10611.512.613 h
October 12.1°C4.6°C4.6°C11913.211.011 h
November 5.1°C-1.7°C-1.7°C9113.39.610 h
December -1.3°C-9.4°C-9.4°C9213.78.89 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

February in nearby cities

Distance from Sherbrooke

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sherbrooke) is explained once on the Sherbrooke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.