Alma climate — normals and trends
Alma (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.2 °C and it receives 1,072 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Alma averages 171 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Alma has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 179 to 163 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 2 July 2002) and the coldest -37.4 °C (on 3 January 2014).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AlmaQuebec
- coords
- 48.55°, -71.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.2°C
Average daily high
7.0°C
Average daily low
-0.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,072mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
18.6km/h
Seasonal range
33.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
171 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
189.5 cm
Average feels-like high
4.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.6 °C
2 July 2002
Coldest day
-37.4 °C
3 January 2014
Wettest day
82 mm
1 September 1945
Windiest day
53.8 km/h
23 December 2022
Strongest gust
118.4 km/h
26 February 1965
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
2 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-43.5 °C
12 February 1967
Snowiest day
25.1 cm
17 November 1965
Sunniest day
15.8 h
29 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -8.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 67 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | -8.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 58 mm | +8 mm |
| Mar | -0.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 107 mm | +43 mm |
| Apr | 6.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 114 mm | +38 mm |
| May | 14.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 149 mm | +56 mm |
| Jun | 20.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 195 mm | +92 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 134 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 79 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 55 mm | -67 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 113 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 1.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 99 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | -6.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 60 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alma?
Alma has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.2 °C and it receives 1,072 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alma?
The hottest day measured in Alma between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2002, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alma?
The coldest day measured in Alma between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 2014, at -37.4 °C.
Does it snow in Alma?
Yes. Alma gets on average 189.5 cm of snow per year and has around 171 frost days.
Has the climate of Alma warmed?
Yes: Alma warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alma?
The wettest day measured in Alma between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1945, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alma?
The windiest day measured in Alma between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 2022, with winds reaching 53.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alma?
The warmest month in Alma is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Alma?
Alma receives on average 1,072 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alma?
Alma gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alma?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alma between 1940 and 2025 was 17 November 1965, with 25.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alma?
Yes: Alma has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alma?
In Alma, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 2 July 2002, and the lowest was -43.5 °C on 12 February 1967.
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