{
  "name": "Quebec City",
  "type": "city",
  "url": "https://snowingplaces.com/cities/quebec-city/",
  "summary": "Historic walled city on the St Lawrence with long, cold winters, deep snow and a winter carnival every February.",
  "location": {
    "country": "Canada",
    "region": "Quebec",
    "latitude": 46.82,
    "longitude": -71.22
  },
  "elevationMetres": {
    "city": 5
  },
  "factsVerified": false,
  "forecast": {
    "status": "out of season",
    "resumes": "October"
  },
  "snowRecord": {
    "metric": "average days per month with at least 1 cm of snowfall",
    "period": "2016–2025",
    "source": "ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo",
    "elevation": "city centre",
    "daysPerMonth": {
      "january": 10.1,
      "february": 10.1,
      "march": 8.1,
      "april": 3.7,
      "may": 0.1,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0.5,
      "november": 6.4,
      "december": 8.7
    },
    "shareOfAnnualSnowfallPercent": {
      "january": 22,
      "february": 22,
      "march": 18,
      "april": 9,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 1,
      "november": 12,
      "december": 16
    },
    "averageDailyTemperatureC": {
      "january": {
        "low": -14,
        "high": -5.6
      },
      "february": {
        "low": -13.6,
        "high": -4.1
      },
      "march": {
        "low": -7.4,
        "high": 1.3
      },
      "april": {
        "low": -1.3,
        "high": 8.3
      },
      "may": {
        "low": 6.7,
        "high": 17.6
      },
      "june": {
        "low": 12.6,
        "high": 22.4
      },
      "july": {
        "low": 16.1,
        "high": 25.2
      },
      "august": {
        "low": 15.2,
        "high": 23.9
      },
      "september": {
        "low": 11.1,
        "high": 19.9
      },
      "october": {
        "low": 5.4,
        "high": 13
      },
      "november": {
        "low": -2.9,
        "high": 3.7
      },
      "december": {
        "low": -11.2,
        "high": -3
      }
    },
    "wintersAsPercentOfAverage": {
      "2016/17": 119,
      "2017/18": 105,
      "2018/19": 128,
      "2019/20": 105,
      "2020/21": 76,
      "2021/22": 99,
      "2022/23": 115,
      "2023/24": 91,
      "2024/25": 86,
      "2025/26": 76
    },
    "holidays": {
      "christmas": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 10,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 8
      },
      "newYear": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 10,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 9
      },
      "midFebruary": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 10,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 10
      },
      "easter": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 9,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 3
      },
      "midJuly": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      }
    },
    "note": "Absolute snowfall and depth are not published: ERA5 underestimates them in mountain terrain."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Quebec City on Wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2145"
    },
    {
      "label": "Elevation from the Open-Meteo terrain model at the city centre coordinates",
      "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/elevation-api"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": "https://snowingplaces.com/methodology/",
  "attribution": "snowingplaces.com. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com."
}