Photo: RockyGoat · Public domainValemount is among the snowiest of Canadian towns: about 416 cm a year
July afternoons average 24.6°C. Frost is common: about 193 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in November and least in February. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 193 days a year at 0°C or below.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Valemount come from Blue River, 78 km south, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Valemount at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Valemount’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Valemount feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 193 days, 20°C on 88
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 13 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,040 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 158 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 416 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 114 cm). The snowiest of 253 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Valemount
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C.
Living with Valemount’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
From about 31 May to 11 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 102 days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jul.
Parks & trails →Roughly 9 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
About 16 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
A typical year is calm by definition; Valemount’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Blue River
Blue River is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 78 km south |
| Station altitude | 690 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.6°C |
| Average wind | 2.4 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Jasper, 81 km |
How Valemount compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Valemount’s own would show the same figures). The nearest place to Valemount with figures is 80 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valemount Blue River | 24.6°C | −10.6°C | 1,040 mm |
| Jasper 80 km · Jasper | 23.4°C 1.2°C cooler | −14.4°C 3.8°C colder | 376 mm |
Valemount weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.4°C | −10.6°C | −7.0°C | 109 mm | 114 cm |
| February | 0.5°C | −9.3°C | −4.4°C | 55 mm | 56 cm |
| March | 5.8°C | −5.3°C | 0.3°C | 69 mm | 45 cm |
| April | 11.7°C | −1.9°C | 4.9°C | 61 mm | 6 cm |
| May | 18.2°C | 2.7°C | 10.5°C | 71 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 21.1°C | 6.9°C | 14.0°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.6°C | 8.8°C | 16.8°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.3°C | 7.7°C | 16.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.4°C | 4.3°C | 11.4°C | 78 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.1°C | 0.1°C | 4.6°C | 111 mm | 13 cm |
| November | 1.3°C | −4.1°C | −1.4°C | 120 mm | 75 cm |
| December | −3.4°C | −9.8°C | −6.6°C | 93 mm | 106 cm |
| Year | 10.7°C | −0.9°C | 4.9°C | 1,040 mm | 416 cm |
January has run from −44.0°C to 10.1°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 3.5°C around its normal of −4.4°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Valemount’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Blue River: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Valemount’s climate
How warm does Valemount get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 24.6°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Valemount get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −10.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Valemount get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,040 mm: 120 mm in November, the wettest month, and 55 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 160 days a year.
Are these figures for Valemount itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Blue River, a long way from Valemount.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Valemount →
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).