Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Amos sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.8°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 71% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 46°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Windshields need scraping on about 202 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Every figure here comes from Val-d'Or, 62 km south-east; ECCC has no normals closer to Amos, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Amos at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Amos’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Amos feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 202 days, 20°C on 86
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 57 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 868 mm of rain and snow a year
September brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 504th wettest of 513 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec. Some 135 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Amos
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. By this count, homes here need more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Amos’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
From about 31 May to 16 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 107 days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 85 days in a normal year.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 19 a year.
A typical year is calm by definition; Amos’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Val-d'Or
Val-d'Or is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 62 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 337 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.1°C |
| Average wind | 12.5 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Rouyn, 77 km |
How Amos compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Amos whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 12 km from Amos.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Val-d'Or | 23.8°C | −22.2°C | 868 mm |
| Trécesson 12 km · Rouyn | 23.7°C about the same | −20.1°C 2.1°C milder | 868 mm |
Amos weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.4°C | −22.2°C | −16.3°C | 55 mm |
| February | −8.1°C | −21.2°C | −14.7°C | 42 mm |
| March | −1.6°C | −14.7°C | −8.2°C | 47 mm |
| April | 6.7°C | −5.1°C | 0.8°C | 65 mm |
| May | 16.3°C | 2.7°C | 9.5°C | 69 mm |
| June | 22.0°C | 8.5°C | 15.2°C | 84 mm |
| July | 23.8°C | 11.5°C | 17.7°C | 101 mm |
| August | 22.2°C | 10.3°C | 16.3°C | 93 mm |
| September | 17.3°C | 5.9°C | 11.6°C | 102 mm |
| October | 9.0°C | 0.2°C | 4.6°C | 82 mm |
| November | 0.8°C | −7.2°C | −3.2°C | 75 mm |
| December | −6.3°C | −16.0°C | −11.2°C | 54 mm |
| Year | 7.7°C | −4.0°C | 1.9°C | 868 mm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.5°C; the steadiest, July
April has the widest record range, −27.1°C in 2016 to 26.8°C in 2001; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Amos’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Val-d'Or, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Amos’s climate
How warm does Amos get in summer?
Highs reach 23.8°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Amos get in winter?
January nights average −22.2°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Amos get?
868 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is September (102 mm); the driest, February (42 mm).
Are these figures for Amos itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Val-d'Or, a long way from Amos.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Amos →
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).