Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec
Saint-Hippolyte is a municipality within La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian mountains about 45 km north of Montreal. The name comes from Saint Hippolytus. Part of the town was formerly known as Abercrombie-Est. Police services are provided by the Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord, which also serves Piedmont, Prévost and some other communities in the Laurentians. Demographics. Population trend: Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 4,683 (total dwellings: 5,597) Mother tongue: Climate. St Hippolyte has a warm-summer humid continental  climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb) with long, very cold winters, and short, mild summers. Days with temperatures below all day are very frequent from November to March, with an average 95.7 days per year. Days with maximum temperatures over are not infrequent during summer, with an average of 3.3 days per year. The highest temperature on record in St Hippolyte is set on 1 August 1975 and the lowest is set on 23 February 1972. Precipitation is heavy throughout the year. Heavy snow is commonplace throughout the winter, with heavy rain in the summer. The highest daily rainfall on record  is on 1 July 1979 and the record daily snowfall is on 3 February 1972, with the greatest measured snow depth being on 9 March 2008. On average, of snow will be lying on 154.1 days per year, with a significant accumulation of over lying on an average of 119.1 days per year. On average, of rain falls on 179.0 days per year, with falling on 6.7 days. Days of snowfall greater than average at 20.3 days per year with days of snowfall greater than average 0.79 days per year. In March, the average snow depth is . The average frost -free period is short, averaging only 138 days per year. The last frost, on average, occurs on 15 May and the first frost of the new season occurs on 30 September. Education. The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools. Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. Schools serving the town: