Saint-François-d'Orléans, Quebec Weather

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About Saint-François-d'Orléans, Quebec

Saint-François-d'Orléans is a post office in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans; L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Saint-François-d'Orléans is located at 47.0019°N, 70.8136°W. It observes Eastern Time (UTC−5 / −4). Postal code area: G5V.

Saint-François-d'Orléans rests at the eastern tip of the island, where the land yields to the expansive, restless presence of the St. Lawrence. It lies 10.3 km east of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, QC (from Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, QC: bearing 99°T), and is situated 7.9 km south-east of Beaupré. The air here carries a salt-brine sharpness, a cooling breath that rolls off the wide river to settle over the Coteau Fortin and the quiet banks of the Rivière Dauphine. Fields stretch toward the horizon with a steady, enduring patience, catching a low, honeyed light at dusk that turns the stubble of the harvest into copper. While the Chutes Jean-Larose tumble down their rocky path some 10 km away and Le Petit Lac remains tucked 14 km into the distance, the immediate horizon of Saint-François-d'Orléans is defined by the immense, shifting scale of the water and the open sky that presses down upon the island’s edge. The history of Saint-François-d'Orléans is rooted in the persistence of those who worked the soil and navigated the tides, a legacy that survives in the orderly lines of the farms and the wooden architecture facing the current. Agriculture continues to shape the character of the day, as the seasonal demands of the harvest dictate the pace of life and the movement of equipment along the narrow roads. Locals maintain a deep familiarity with the shifting moods of the river, observing the ice in winter and the heavy shipping traffic in summer with a practiced, quiet attention. Traditions here are held in the seasonal cycles, a way of living that values the maintenance of heritage alongside the quiet productivity of the land, ensuring that the identity of the village persists through the changing generations.

Saint-François-d'Orléans s'étire avec une patience minérale sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le fleuve impose sa respiration ample et salée aux terres agricoles de l'est. Le regard se porte naturellement vers les rives de la Rivière Dauphine, dont le cours sinueux sculpte le paysage avec une douceur ancienne, guidant les habitants dans leurs gestes immuables de labeur et de récolte. À proximité de Coteau Fortin, le relief s'incline doucement vers l'eau, offrant une lumière changeante qui transforme le ciel en une toile de nuances sourdes, particulièrement lorsque le jour décline. Le Petit Lac, distant de quatorze kilomètres, et les Chutes Jean-Larose, situées à dix kilomètres de là, ponctuent l'imaginaire des environs par leur présence silencieuse et sauvage. Saint-François-d'Orléans préserve ainsi une identité façonnée par cette proximité immédiate avec les éléments, où chaque parcelle cultivée porte en elle le souvenir des premiers défrichements. La vie y suit le rythme lent des marées et des travaux de la terre, dans une constance qui ignore les agitations lointaines, préférant la stabilité d'un sol fertile et le murmure du vent qui balaie sans cesse les horizons dégagés de la pointe insulaire.

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About This Saint-François-d'Orléans, Quebec Weather Page

This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Saint-François-d'Orléans, Quebec, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.

Location data for Saint-François-d'Orléans includes coordinates 47.001944°N, 70.813611°W, situated in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans; L'Île-d'Orléans. Postal FSA: G5V. Telephone area code: 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873. Timezone: Eastern Time (UTC−5 / −4).

Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.