Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Valleyview has cooler summers than 94% of Canadian towns
Nights in January average −19.4°C. A year here swings 42°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frost is common: about 202 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Valleyview has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Grande Prairie, 103 km west, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Valleyview at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Valleyview’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Valleyview feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 202 days, 20°C on 80
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 43 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 435 mm a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. On about 87 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Valleyview
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Valleyview’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 111 days, roughly 21 May to 10 September.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 67 days a year.
Expect around 5 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Valleyview’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 103 km west |
| Station altitude | 669 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −47.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 11.9 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Peace River, 129 km |
How Valleyview compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Valleyview’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Valleyview with figures are 65–80 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valleyview Grande Prairie | 22.7°C | −19.4°C | 435 mm |
| High Prairie 65 km · Peace River | 22.7°C about the same | −20.1°C 0.7°C colder | 384 mm |
| Fox Creek 80 km · Whitecourt | 22.2°C 0.5°C cooler | −16.0°C 3.4°C milder | 521 mm |
Valleyview weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.3°C | −19.4°C | −13.9°C | 28 mm |
| February | −4.6°C | −16.3°C | −10.5°C | 16 mm |
| March | −0.1°C | −11.5°C | −5.8°C | 18 mm |
| April | 9.9°C | −2.3°C | 3.8°C | 22 mm |
| May | 17.0°C | 3.4°C | 10.3°C | 42 mm |
| June | 20.6°C | 8.0°C | 14.3°C | 72 mm |
| July | 22.7°C | 9.9°C | 16.3°C | 73 mm |
| August | 22.0°C | 8.4°C | 15.2°C | 50 mm |
| September | 17.3°C | 3.8°C | 10.5°C | 37 mm |
| October | 9.1°C | −2.4°C | 3.3°C | 30 mm |
| November | −0.9°C | −10.7°C | −5.9°C | 29 mm |
| December | −6.4°C | −17.0°C | −11.7°C | 19 mm |
| Year | 8.2°C | −3.9°C | 2.2°C | 435 mm |
January: −47.1°C at its coldest, 15.2°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, December’s average typically shifts by 5.0°C around its normal of −11.7°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 0.9°C.
Where Valleyview’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Grande Prairie, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: snow, with no complete snowfall normals within 100 km, sunshine, which ECCC published for no location, and any height adjustment.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Valleyview’s climate
How warm does Valleyview get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 22.7°C.
How cold does Valleyview get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −19.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Valleyview get?
Around 435 mm a year in all, from 73 mm in July down to 16 mm in February.
Are these figures for Valleyview itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Grande Prairie, a long way from Valleyview.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Valleyview →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).