Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0A middle-of-the-road climate: Val-Joli is close to most Canadian towns on every count
January nights average −15.0°C, July afternoons 25.6°C, and a year brings 1,015 mm of rain and melted snow. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 71% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 41°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 170 days a year at 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Val-Joli is Richmond, 15 km west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Val-Joli at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Val-Joli’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Val-Joli feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 170 days, 20°C on 114
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 23 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
About 1,015 mm of rain and snow a year
August is the wettest month and February the driest. About 147 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Richmond publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from Lennoxville, 26 km away.
269 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 65 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Val-Joli
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months.
Living with Val-Joli’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
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 →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Val-Joli’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Richmond
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Richmond.
| Distance from the town | 15 km west |
| Station altitude | 123 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Lennoxville, 26 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Next-nearest location | Lennoxville, 26 km |
How Val-Joli 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 Val-Joli whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 15–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Val-Joli.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Val-Joli Richmond | 25.6°C | −15.0°C | 1,015 mm |
| Stoke 15 km · Sherbrooke | 25.3°C about the same | −16.5°C 1.5°C colder | 1,015 mm |
| Sherbrooke 21 km · Lennoxville | 25.7°C about the same | −14.9°C about the same | 1,015 mm |
Val-Joli 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 | −4.7°C | −15.0°C | −10.0°C | 76 mm | 59 cm |
| February | −2.9°C | −14.3°C | −8.6°C | 66 mm | 58 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −8.3°C | −2.9°C | 68 mm | 53 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −0.7°C | 5.1°C | 82 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.8°C | 6.0°C | 12.4°C | 85 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.3°C | 17.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 14.1°C | 19.5°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.7°C | 13.1°C | 18.9°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 8.8°C | 14.6°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.0°C | 8.0°C | 91 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.7°C | −2.9°C | 1.6°C | 70 mm | 17 cm |
| December | −1.3°C | −9.8°C | −5.7°C | 75 mm | 65 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | 0.4°C | 5.9°C | 1,015 mm | 269 cm |
From −42.0°C to 17.2°C: February’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 3.3°C around its normal of −10.0°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Val-Joli’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Richmond, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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, 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-Joli’s climate
How warm does Val-Joli get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.6°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Val-Joli get in winter?
Lows sink to −15.0°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Val-Joli get?
Some 1,015 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in August (104 mm), the least in February (66 mm).
Are these figures for Val-Joli itself?
They are borrowed from Richmond, the nearest place to Val-Joli where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Val-Joli →
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).