Val-d'Or climate — normals and trends
Val-d'Or (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.3 °C and it receives 924 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 (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Val-d'Or averages 186 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Val-d'Or has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 190 to 182 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 1 August 1975) and the coldest -40.1 °C (on 3 January 1981).
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
Val-d'OrQuebec
- coords
- 48.10°, -77.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.3°C
Average daily high
7.0°C
Average daily low
-2.5°C
Annual rainfall
924mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
33.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
186 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
189.2 cm
Average feels-like high
3.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.2 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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
36.0 °C
1 August 1975
Coldest day
-40.1 °C
3 January 1981
Wettest day
71 mm
18 August 1940
Windiest day
40.8 km/h
13 November 1992
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
5 October 2002
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
31 July 1975
Coldest feels-like
-45.8 °C
23 January 2013
Snowiest day
27.7 cm
25 February 1965
Sunniest day
15.7 h
15 June 2025
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 | -10.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 62 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | -9.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 57 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | -1.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 114 mm | +56 mm |
| Apr | 5.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 104 mm | +35 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 54 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 126 mm | +36 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 131 mm | +31 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 50 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 47 mm | -62 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 64 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | -0.5 °C | -1.3 °C | 96 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | -7.6 °C | -0.5 °C | 94 mm | +33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Val-d'Or?
Val-d'Or has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.3 °C and it receives 924 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Val-d'Or?
The hottest day measured in Val-d'Or between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1975, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Val-d'Or?
The coldest day measured in Val-d'Or between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1981, at -40.1 °C.
Does it snow in Val-d'Or?
Yes. Val-d'Or gets on average 189.2 cm of snow per year and has around 186 frost days.
Has the climate of Val-d'Or warmed?
Yes: Val-d'Or warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Val-d'Or?
The wettest day measured in Val-d'Or between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 1940, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Val-d'Or?
The windiest day measured in Val-d'Or between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1992, with winds reaching 40.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Val-d'Or?
The warmest month in Val-d'Or is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Val-d'Or?
Val-d'Or receives on average 924 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Val-d'Or?
Val-d'Or gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Val-d'Or?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Val-d'Or between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1965, with 27.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Val-d'Or?
Yes: Val-d'Or has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Val-d'Or?
In Val-d'Or, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 31 July 1975, and the lowest was -45.8 °C on 23 January 2013.
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