Sainte-Perpétue, Chaudière-Appalaches
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Sainte-Perpétue (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t pɛʁpety]) is a municipality in Quebec, Canada.
Sainte-Perpétue | |
|---|---|
Sainte-Perpétue Welcome sign | |
_Quebec_location_diagram.png) Location within L'Islet RCM | |
  Sainte-Perpétue Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°03′N 69°56′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | L'Islet |
| Constituted | January 21, 1888 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Claude Daigle |
| • Federal riding | Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata |
| • Prov. riding | Côte-du-Sud |
| Area | |
• Total | 292.40 km2 (112.90 sq mi) |
| • Land | 291.04 km2 (112.37 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,715 |
| • Density | 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  4.6% |
| • Dwellings | 854 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-204  R-216 |
| Website | www |
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Sainte-Perpétue, Quebec: 411 m (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1963–1991) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.9 (93.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
33.9 (93.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −8.1 (17.4) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
9.5 (49.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
2.8 (37.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.0 (−2.2) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
3.5 (38.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
6.3 (43.3) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−13.8 (7.2) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −36.5 (−33.7) |
−37.2 (−35.0) |
−35.0 (−31.0) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−24.5 (−12.1) |
−37.2 (−35.0) |
−37.2 (−35.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 91.7 (3.61) |
81.2 (3.20) |
90.6 (3.57) |
93.3 (3.67) |
103.6 (4.08) |
102.1 (4.02) |
123.5 (4.86) |
122.1 (4.81) |
115.1 (4.53) |
99.4 (3.91) |
96.9 (3.81) |
99.3 (3.91) |
1,218.8 (47.98) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 79.2 (31.2) |
72.5 (28.5) |
66.4 (26.1) |
38.8 (15.3) |
4.0 (1.6) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.4 (0.2) |
4.7 (1.9) |
49.9 (19.6) |
82.7 (32.6) |
398.6 (157) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 14.8 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 172.7 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 13.7 | 11.9 | 10.8 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 13.0 | 65.9 |
| Source 1: Ministère de l’Environnement[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Environment Canada (extremes & precip/snow)[5] | |||||||||||||
