Photo: R. L'Heureux · CC BY-SA 4.0More rain and snow fall on Val-Alain than on 84% of Canadian towns: 1,138 mm a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.5°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 81% of Canadian towns. Some 42°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. The outdoor season runs from June to September, with highs of 20–26°C.
Val-Alain has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Fortierville, 24 km west.
A year in Val-Alain at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Val-Alain’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Val-Alain feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 175 days, 20°C on 107
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 29 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 1,138 mm of rain and snow a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. 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 253 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 59 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 Val-Alain
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Val-Alain’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Val-Alain’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fortierville
Fortierville is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 24 km west |
| Station altitude | 53 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Arthabaska, 45 km |
How Val-Alain compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Val-Alain’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Val-Alain Fortierville | 25.5°C | −16.9°C | 1,138 mm |
| Saint-Janvier-de-Joly 11 km · Fortierville | 25.5°C about the same | −16.9°C about the same | 1,138 mm |
| Laurierville 15 km · Thetford Mines | 23.5°C 2.0°C cooler | −16.1°C 0.8°C milder | 1,324 mm |
| Saint-Flavien 18 km · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −16.7°C about the same | 1,173 mm |
Val-Alain weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.9°C | −16.9°C | −12.0°C | 81 mm | 56 cm |
| February | −4.9°C | −15.9°C | −10.5°C | 69 mm | 55 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −9.0°C | −4.0°C | 79 mm | 47 cm |
| April | 9.5°C | −1.0°C | 4.4°C | 94 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 18.4°C | 5.8°C | 12.1°C | 92 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 23.3°C | 11.1°C | 17.2°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 14.0°C | 19.6°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.5°C | 12.9°C | 18.6°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.0°C | 8.3°C | 14.2°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.1°C | 2.5°C | 7.4°C | 105 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −3.2°C | 0.9°C | 82 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.9°C | −10.9°C | −6.9°C | 100 mm | 59 cm |
| Year | 10.4°C | −0.2°C | 5.1°C | 1,138 mm | 253 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −32.0°C to 23.5°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 3.2°C of its normal of −12.0°C; June keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Val-Alain’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Fortierville from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Val-Alain’s climate
How warm does Val-Alain get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.5°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Val-Alain get in winter?
Expect nights around −16.9°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Val-Alain get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,138 mm a year; July leads with 133 mm and February trails with 69 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 134 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Val-Alain itself?
They describe Fortierville, the nearest normals location, rather than Val-Alain itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Val-Alain →
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).