Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Salaberry-de-Valleyfield has warmer summer afternoons than 78% of Canadian towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −13.0°C on average. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 78% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 40°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are not Salaberry-de-Valleyfield’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses St-Anicet, 23 km south-west.
A year in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Salaberry-de-Valleyfield’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 147 days, 20°C on 121
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 13 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,047 mm a year
The most falls in October, the least in February. Some 141 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 170 cm in a normal year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 44 cm. 484th snowiest of 493 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Homes here need less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Salaberry-de-Valleyfield’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
From about 28 April to 7 October the garden is usually clear of frost, some 161 days.
Plan time outside for May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 36 days in a normal year.
Summer brings about 60 days when the humidex passes 30.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Salaberry-de-Valleyfield’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St-Anicet
St-Anicet is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 23 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 53 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Average wind | 10.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 37 km |
How Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Salaberry-de-Valleyfield’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 8–16 km from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salaberry-de-Valleyfield St-Anicet | 26.7°C | −13.0°C | 1,047 mm |
| Les Cèdres 8.3 km · Montréal Trudeau (Airport) | 26.7°C about the same | −13.5°C 0.5°C colder | 1,041 mm |
| Saint-Lazare 16 km · Lachute | 26.5°C about the same | −14.7°C 1.7°C colder | 1,178 mm |
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.1°C | −13.0°C | −8.7°C | 73 mm | 44 cm |
| February | −2.7°C | −12.1°C | −7.5°C | 59 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.8°C | −6.2°C | −1.6°C | 67 mm | 33 cm |
| April | 11.3°C | 1.6°C | 6.6°C | 97 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.5°C | 8.5°C | 14.0°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.3°C | 13.8°C | 19.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.7°C | 16.2°C | 21.2°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.8°C | 15.0°C | 20.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 11.0°C | 16.2°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.0°C | 4.9°C | 9.5°C | 109 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.6°C | −1.0°C | 3.0°C | 81 mm | 10 cm |
| December | −0.3°C | −7.6°C | −4.2°C | 77 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 12.1°C | 2.6°C | 7.3°C | 1,047 mm | 170 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.2°C; August the least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −29.0°C in 2014 to 27.0°C in 2012.
Where Salaberry-de-Valleyfield’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for St-Anicet, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Salaberry-de-Valleyfield’s climate
How warm does Salaberry-de-Valleyfield get in summer?
Highs reach 26.7°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Salaberry-de-Valleyfield get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −13.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Salaberry-de-Valleyfield get?
Around 1,047 mm a year in all, from 109 mm in October down to 59 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 110 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Salaberry-de-Valleyfield itself?
Not quite: they come from St-Anicet, the closest ECCC normals location to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Salaberry-de-Valleyfield →
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).