Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Wet weather: 1,070 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Acton Vale, more than on 79% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 26.0°C. Its July heat outdoes that of 61% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 40°C. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Acton Vale has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Drummondville, 27 km north.
A year in Acton Vale at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Acton Vale’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Acton Vale feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 153 days, 20°C on 114
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 19 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,070 mm a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. About 136 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 229 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 60 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Acton Vale
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total.
Living with Acton Vale’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plan time outside for May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Acton Vale’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Drummondville
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Drummondville.
| Distance from the town | 27 km north |
| Station altitude | 82 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Granby, 31 km |
How Acton Vale compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Acton Vale whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Vale Drummondville | 26.0°C | −14.2°C | 1,070 mm |
| Saint-Théodore-d'Acton 6.7 km · Drummondville | 26.0°C about the same | −14.2°C about the same | 1,070 mm |
| Roxton Falls 8.5 km · Granby | 25.6°C about the same | −13.4°C 0.8°C milder | 1,226 mm |
| Upton 8.9 km · Fleury | 26.0°C about the same | −14.8°C 0.6°C colder | 1,109 mm |
Acton Vale weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.2°C | −14.2°C | −9.7°C | 90 mm | 57 cm |
| February | −3.2°C | −12.8°C | −8.0°C | 66 mm | 50 cm |
| March | 2.3°C | −7.2°C | −2.4°C | 66 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.7°C | 0.9°C | 5.9°C | 79 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 8.0°C | 13.4°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 13.6°C | 18.8°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 16.2°C | 21.1°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 15.2°C | 20.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 10.9°C | 15.7°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 4.7°C | 9.0°C | 100 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.9°C | −1.5°C | 2.2°C | 80 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −1.4°C | −8.8°C | −5.2°C | 95 mm | 60 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | 2.1°C | 6.7°C | 1,070 mm | 229 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.2°C; June the least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −31.0°C in 2007 and a high of 25.0°C in 2012.
Where Acton Vale’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Drummondville, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Acton Vale’s climate
How warm does Acton Vale get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 26.0°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Acton Vale get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −14.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Acton Vale get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,070 mm; the range runs from 66 mm in February to 109 mm in July.
Are these figures for Acton Vale itself?
Not quite: they come from Drummondville, the closest ECCC normals location to Acton Vale.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Acton Vale →
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).