Cap-Chat Weather in January
Cap-Chat in January
The short of it: Cap-Chat in January averages a high of -7 °C (20 °F) and a low of -16 °C (4 °F), with 75 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 8 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -7° · low -16° · rain 75 mm · daylight 8 h 39 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Cap-Chat an average January high of -7°, a low of -16° and some 75 mm of rain. Cap-Chat's coldest stretch of the year, -7° by day and -16° by night. Wet spells are common — about 75 mm, the 9th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 39 min in mid-January, 25 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Cap-Chat runs warmer than most and drier than most in January. Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, 14 km to the ENE, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Cap-Chat, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 4° colder, 11 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Anne-des-MontsQuebec | 14 km ENE | -7° | -16° | 86 mm |
| MataneQuebec | 68 km WSW | -7° | -17° | 90 mm |
| Saint-UlricQuebec | 82 km WSW | -7° | -17° | 86 mm |
| AmquiQuebec | 89 km SW | -9° | -19° | 90 mm |
| Lac-au-SaumonQuebec | 90 km SSW | -9° | -19° | 85 mm |
| CausapscalQuebec | 91 km SSW | -9° | -19° | 76 mm |
| SayabecQuebec | 95 km SW | -9° | -18° | 90 mm |
| Saint-AlexandreQuebec | 104 km N | -8° | -19° | 71 mm |