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How extreme does Val-d'Or's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Val-d'Or has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–2024), from the Val-D'or A station 5 km away. Updated through April 2024 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Val-d'Or has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
97°F Jul 31, 1975

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Val-d'Or (typical high near 74°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 97°F Jul 31, 1975
2 97°F Aug 1, 1975
3 97°F Jul 12, 2005
❄️ Coldest night
-46°F Jan 3, 1981

About 35°F colder than a normal January night in Val-d'Or (typical low near -11°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -46°F Jan 3, 1981
2 -44°F Jan 31, 1971
3 -43°F Jan 16, 1972
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.62 in Apr 26, 1996

More rain in a single day than Val-d'Or usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 2.6 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.62 in Apr 26, 1996
2 2.68 in Jul 23, 1999
3 2.40 in Jul 25, 1985
Most snow in one day
13.9 in Feb 28, 2020

About 80% of a typical February's snow in a single day (Val-d'Or averages roughly 17 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 13.9 in Feb 28, 2020
2 12.8 in Apr 21, 1986
3 11.6 in Nov 18, 2017

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-70°-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 97°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Val-d'Or's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 97°F is about 23°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Val-d'Or's warmest days reach the mid-70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low -10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 97°F and as low as −46°F. A single day has delivered over 4 inches of rain or close to 14 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 16 years of daily observations at Val-d'or A, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →