Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0More rain and snow fall on Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier than on 87% of Canadian towns: 1,173 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −16.7°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 80% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 42°C across the year, low to high. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier has no normals station, so these come from Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 24 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 170 days, 20°C on 100
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 27 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
1,173 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 135 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
299 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 77 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Lauzon, 37 km away.
Heating a home in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. That means homes here need more heating than 64% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 10 May to about 5 October, some 148 days in a normal year.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 56 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Roughly 34 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Québec Jean Lesage (Airport)
Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 24 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 74 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Lauzon, 37 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −36.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.2°C |
| Average wind | 13.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Ste-Foy (U. Laval), 28 km |
How Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier 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 Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 24–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C | −16.7°C | 1,173 mm |
| Québec 24 km · Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C about the same | −15.6°C 1.1°C milder | 1,173 mm |
| Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval 25 km · Lauzon | 24.9°C about the same | −16.6°C about the same | 1,216 mm |
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −7.1°C | −16.7°C | −11.9°C | 87 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −15.7°C | −10.4°C | 66 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.4°C | −9.3°C | −4.5°C | 78 mm | 51 cm |
| April | 8.3°C | −1.2°C | 3.5°C | 94 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 5.6°C | 11.6°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 10.8°C | 16.7°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 13.9°C | 19.5°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.0°C | 12.8°C | 18.4°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 8.3°C | 13.7°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.3°C | 2.4°C | 6.8°C | 116 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 3.6°C | −3.8°C | −0.1°C | 91 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −3.3°C | −11.4°C | −7.3°C | 96 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 9.7°C | −0.4°C | 4.7°C | 1,173 mm | 299 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.9°C; August the least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. January spans the most, from −36.7°C (2015) to 17.7°C (1996).
Where Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: 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 Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier’s climate
How warm does Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.0°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −16.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier get?
About 1,173 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (119 mm) and February the driest (66 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), since Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier →
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).