Photo: Jnicperron · CC BY-SA 4.0Precipitation in Valcourt tops that of 91% of Canadian towns: 1,226 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −15.0°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 41°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 71% of Canadian towns. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 20–26°C.
Valcourt has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Richmond, 21 km north-east.
A year in Valcourt at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Valcourt’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Valcourt feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
170 frost days and 114 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 23 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,226 mm a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 145 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Granby, 34 km away (Richmond records no complete year of either).
262 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 59 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Valcourt
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C.
Living with Valcourt’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Valcourt’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Richmond
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Richmond, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 21 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 123 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Granby, 34 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Next-nearest location | Granby, 34 km |
How Valcourt 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 Valcourt’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valcourt Richmond | 25.6°C | −15.0°C | 1,226 mm |
| Valcourt 2.6 km · Richmond | 25.6°C about the same | −15.0°C about the same | 1,226 mm |
| Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford 17 km · Granby | 25.6°C about the same | −13.4°C 1.6°C milder | 1,226 mm |
Valcourt 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 | −4.7°C | −15.0°C | −10.0°C | 95 mm | 59 cm |
| February | −2.9°C | −14.3°C | −8.6°C | 74 mm | 58 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −8.3°C | −2.9°C | 88 mm | 48 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −0.7°C | 5.1°C | 101 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 18.8°C | 6.0°C | 12.4°C | 100 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.3°C | 17.4°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 14.1°C | 19.5°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.7°C | 13.1°C | 18.9°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 8.8°C | 14.6°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.0°C | 8.0°C | 109 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 5.7°C | −2.9°C | 1.6°C | 92 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −1.3°C | −9.8°C | −5.7°C | 98 mm | 54 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | 0.4°C | 5.9°C | 1,226 mm | 262 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.3°C; the steadiest, June
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; February’s run from −42.0°C in 1993 to 17.2°C in 2018.
Where Valcourt’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Richmond: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Valcourt’s climate
How warm does Valcourt get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.6°C on a typical day.
How cold does Valcourt get in winter?
Overnight lows average −15.0°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Valcourt get?
About 1,226 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (122 mm) and February the driest (74 mm).
Are these figures for Valcourt itself?
Not exactly. Valcourt lacks a normals station, so Richmond supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Valcourt →
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).