Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0Precipitation in Vallée-Jonction tops that of 89% of Canadian towns: 1,182 mm a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −16.5°C on average. Of all months, July brings the most precipitation and February the least. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 78% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 158 times a year.
Vallée-Jonction has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Scott, 18 km north-west.
A year in Vallée-Jonction at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Vallée-Jonction’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Vallée-Jonction feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
181 frost days and 100 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 27 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 1,182 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
287 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 75 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Vallée-Jonction
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. That means homes here need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Vallée-Jonction’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
From about 18 May to 27 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 130 days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Vallée-Jonction’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Scott
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Scott, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 18 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | St Georges, 31 km |
How Vallée-Jonction 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 Vallée-Jonction’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Vallée-Jonction with figures are 8–23 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vallée-Jonction Scott | 25.1°C | −16.5°C | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 8.4 km · St Georges | 25.3°C about the same | −16.7°C about the same | 1,054 mm |
| East Broughton 21 km · Thetford Mines | 23.5°C 1.6°C cooler | −16.1°C about the same | 1,324 mm |
| Saint-Léon-de-Standon 23 km · St Camille | 23.5°C 1.6°C cooler | −17.5°C 1.0°C colder | 1,284 mm |
Vallée-Jonction weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.6°C | −16.5°C | −11.9°C | 86 mm | 63 cm |
| February | −4.6°C | −15.5°C | −10.0°C | 75 mm | 64 cm |
| March | 1.1°C | −9.4°C | −4.3°C | 77 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −1.6°C | 3.9°C | 93 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 5.3°C | 11.4°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 10.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.1°C | 19.4°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 13.0°C | 18.5°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 8.4°C | 13.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.7°C | 2.4°C | 7.1°C | 109 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.3°C | −3.4°C | 0.6°C | 81 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.9°C | −11.1°C | −7.2°C | 106 mm | 75 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | −0.3°C | 4.8°C | 1,182 mm | 287 cm |
The month with the widest range: January, −42.0°C to 15.0°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.1°C of the normal, −11.9°C. August is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Vallée-Jonction’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Scott, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Vallée-Jonction’s climate
How warm does Vallée-Jonction get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.1°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Vallée-Jonction get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −16.5°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Vallée-Jonction get?
Count on roughly 1,182 mm a year, heaviest in July (126 mm) and lightest in February (75 mm).
Are these figures for Vallée-Jonction itself?
Not directly: Vallée-Jonction has no ECCC normals of its own, and Scott stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Vallée-Jonction →
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).