Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Girardville
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 23.9°C. Of all months, July brings the most precipitation and February the least. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 70% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 203 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Girardville has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Normandin, 18 km south.
A year in Girardville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Girardville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Girardville feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 203 frosts and 88 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 61 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
911 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 124 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Normandin normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Roberval here, 58 km away.
271 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 55 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Girardville
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. By this count, homes here need more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Girardville’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Expect around 90 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 23 a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Girardville’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Normandin
ECCC builds the Normandin normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 18 km south |
| Station altitude | 137 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Roberval, 58 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 13.6 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Roberval, 58 km |
How Girardville 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 Girardville whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 39 km from Girardville.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girardville Normandin | 23.9°C | −23.4°C | 911 mm |
| Saint-Félicien 39 km · Roberval | 23.7°C about the same | −20.8°C 2.6°C milder | 911 mm |
Girardville weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.9°C | −23.4°C | −17.2°C | 55 mm | 47 cm |
| February | −8.5°C | −22.4°C | −15.4°C | 45 mm | 44 cm |
| March | −1.7°C | −15.4°C | −8.4°C | 57 mm | 45 cm |
| April | 6.2°C | −5.0°C | 0.6°C | 64 mm | 29 cm |
| May | 16.3°C | 2.4°C | 9.4°C | 71 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 21.7°C | 8.0°C | 14.9°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.9°C | 11.1°C | 17.5°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.6°C | 9.8°C | 16.2°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.7°C | 5.3°C | 11.5°C | 99 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.6°C | −0.1°C | 4.7°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 1.7°C | −6.6°C | −2.5°C | 71 mm | 39 cm |
| December | −6.5°C | −16.9°C | −11.7°C | 66 mm | 55 cm |
| Year | 7.7°C | −4.4°C | 1.6°C | 911 mm | 271 cm |
A January here can run from −46.6°C to 10.4°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.3°C around −15.4°C), August the one that wanders least (±1.0°C).
Where Girardville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Normandin, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Girardville’s climate
How warm does Girardville get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.9°C.
How cold does Girardville get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −23.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Girardville get?
Precipitation totals 911 mm a year, with July the wettest month (112 mm) and February the driest (45 mm).
Are these figures for Girardville itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Normandin, not in Girardville; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Girardville →
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).