Photo: Misspixels (Isabelle Gagné) · CC BY-SA 4.0Frost comes to Val-David more often than to 89% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.3°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 88% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 44°C apart. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 23–25°C.
These are not Val-David’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses St-Jovite, 28 km west.
A year in Val-David at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Val-David’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Val-David feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 196 frosts and 111 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 41 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
1,178 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in October, the least in February. About 143 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
St-Jovite publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Lachute, 43 km away.
About 218 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 56 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Val-David
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. That means homes here need more heating than 80% of Canadian towns.
Living with Val-David’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 28 May until frost returns near 15 September: about 110 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 34 days a year.
Expect around 35 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Val-David’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St-Jovite
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for St-Jovite, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 28 km west |
| Station altitude | 234 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Lachute, 43 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.7°C |
| Average wind | 4.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Lachute, 43 km |
How Val-David 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 Val-David whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 15 km from Val-David.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Val-David St-Jovite | 25.3°C | −18.3°C | 1,178 mm |
| Morin-Heights 15 km · Lachute | 26.5°C 1.2°C warmer | −14.7°C 3.6°C milder | 1,178 mm |
Val-David 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 | −5.5°C | −18.3°C | −11.9°C | 97 mm | 56 cm |
| February | −3.3°C | −17.9°C | −10.6°C | 72 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −11.3°C | −4.4°C | 74 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 10.3°C | −3.2°C | 3.5°C | 100 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 18.5°C | 3.3°C | 11.0°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.0°C | 8.5°C | 15.7°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 10.9°C | 18.2°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.5°C | 9.8°C | 17.2°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 5.6°C | 12.9°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.3°C | 0.5°C | 6.4°C | 120 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −5.1°C | −0.2°C | 93 mm | 17 cm |
| December | −2.5°C | −12.9°C | −7.7°C | 94 mm | 53 cm |
| Year | 10.8°C | −2.5°C | 4.2°C | 1,178 mm | 218 cm |
March has run from −38.3°C to 27.1°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 3.2°C from −11.9°C. August moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Val-David’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for St-Jovite from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Val-David’s climate
How warm does Val-David get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.3°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Val-David get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −18.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Val-David get?
The yearly total is about 1,178 mm. October gets 120 mm, the most of any month; February gets 72 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Val-David itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at St-Jovite, not in Val-David; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Val-David →
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).