La Tuque is a weather station located 169 m above sea level, 2 km from La Tuque. Its records go back to 1913: 94 years of temperature are available up to 2020, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2020. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 3.2 °C, practically the same as over 1961–1990 (3.2 °C). The warmest year of the series is 1922 (5.9 °C) and the coldest 1940 (1.1 °C). The last complete year, 2020, ranks 34 out of 94, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by −0.04 °C per decade. The station ranks 239 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1913
The first ten years of the series (1913–1923) average 3.5 °C; the last ten (2011–2020) average 3.2 °C, a difference of −0.3 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 1 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1922 (5.9 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 4.1 °C (1987) and bottoms out at 2.6 °C (1997).
Annual rainfall since 1913
On average 1014 mm of rain falls per year over the 74 documented years. The wettest year, 1974, received 1342 mm; the driest, 1913, only 747 mm, which is 1.8 times less. Over 1961–1990, July is on average the wettest month (121 mm) and April the driest (61 mm). Between 1975 and 1998, 6 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Monthly normals: 1961–1990 against 1991–2020
The table compares, month by month, the mean temperature and the rainfall total of two thirty-year reference periods. The difference column shows what the recent period changes compared with the earlier one.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −14.9 °C | −14.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 70 mm | – | – |
| February | −12.8 °C | −13.2 °C | −0.4 °C | 64 mm | – | – |
| March | −5.1 °C | −6.3 °C | −1.2 °C | 67 mm | – | – |
| April | 3.4 °C | 2.4 °C | −1.0 °C | 61 mm | – | – |
| May | 10.5 °C | 10.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 83 mm | – | – |
| June | 16.0 °C | 16.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 94 mm | – | – |
| July | 18.6 °C | 18.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 121 mm | – | – |
| August | 17.3 °C | 17.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 108 mm | – | – |
| September | 12.3 °C | 12.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 100 mm | – | – |
| October | 6.2 °C | 5.7 °C | −0.5 °C | 80 mm | – | – |
| November | −1.3 °C | −1.4 °C | −0.1 °C | 86 mm | – | – |
| December | −11.4 °C | −9.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 94 mm | – | – |
The largest temperature change is in December (+1.8 °C) and the smallest in March (−1.2 °C); over the year the mean difference is −0.1 °C, and 5 months out of twelve are warmer than before.
Records at La Tuque
- Warmest year: 5.9 °C, in 1922
- Coldest year: 1.1 °C, in 1940
- Driest year: 747 mm, in 1913
- Wettest year: 1342 mm, in 1974
- Warmest month: 21.3 °C, in July 1916
- Coldest month: −22.6 °C, in January 1994
- Wettest month: 299 mm, in July 1974
4.8 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Daily records are not part of the dataset for this station: only annual and monthly extremes are shown.
Temperature trend over 1961–2020
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by −0.04 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, about −0.2 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.29 °C per decade: the station ranks 239 out of 240.
Data source and licence
Data source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (dataset “AHCCD (ahccd-monthly) + climate-daily”), licence Open Government Licence – Canada. Last updated: 29 October 2026.
The data for La Tuque are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 240 stations in Canada: the overview page lets you compare them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the annual mean temperature at La Tuque?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at La Tuque is 3.2 °C. It was 3.2 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of −0.1 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at La Tuque?
Since records began in 1913, the warmest year at La Tuque is 1922, at 5.9 °C on average. The coldest is 1940 (1.1 °C).
Is the climate at La Tuque getting warmer?
The rise is not clear at La Tuque: the trend is −0.04 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, −0.2 °C in total over the period.
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