Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0More rain and snow fall on Danville than on 84% of Canadian towns: 1,150 mm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.6°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 71% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 41°C. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 148 days a year with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Danville is Richmond, 21 km south-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Danville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Danville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Danville feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 170 days, 20°C on 114
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 23 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
About 1,150 mm of rain and snow a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Arthabaska, 26 km away (Richmond records no complete year of either).
Snowfall: about 220 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 50 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Danville
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C.
Living with Danville’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Danville: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Richmond
Richmond is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 21 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 123 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Arthabaska, 26 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Next-nearest location | Arthabaska, 26 km |
How Danville 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Danville’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danville Richmond | 25.6°C | −15.0°C | 1,150 mm |
| Val-des-Sources 4.9 km · Richmond | 25.6°C about the same | −15.0°C about the same | 1,150 mm |
| Kingsey Falls 9.6 km · Arthabaska | 25.1°C 0.5°C cooler | −15.3°C about the same | 1,150 mm |
Danville weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.7°C | −15.0°C | −10.0°C | 76 mm | 48 cm |
| February | −2.9°C | −14.3°C | −8.6°C | 67 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −8.3°C | −2.9°C | 73 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −0.7°C | 5.1°C | 84 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.8°C | 6.0°C | 12.4°C | 97 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.3°C | 17.4°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 14.1°C | 19.5°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.7°C | 13.1°C | 18.9°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 8.8°C | 14.6°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.0°C | 8.0°C | 115 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 5.7°C | −2.9°C | 1.6°C | 82 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −1.3°C | −9.8°C | −5.7°C | 90 mm | 50 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | 0.4°C | 5.9°C | 1,150 mm | 220 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.3°C; the steadiest, June
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in February: a low of −42.0°C in 1993 and a high of 17.2°C in 2018.
Where Danville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Richmond, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Danville’s climate
How warm does Danville get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.6°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Danville get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −15.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Danville get?
The yearly total is about 1,150 mm. July gets 131 mm, the most of any month; February gets 67 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Danville itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Richmond; Danville has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Danville →
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).