Valcartier Arpt
Weather station · 46.9°N 71.5°W · 167 m above sea level
ICAO CYOYWMO 71716Station data since 1978
Record high
17.5°C
Tue 23 Sep 1980
Record low
−5.6°C
Sun 23 Sep 1979
Average high
15.5°C
all years on record
10.5°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 7.0°C against 17.5°C in 1980. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
32.8°C
- Date
- Monday, 29 May 1978
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Valcartier Arpt, Canada
- Position
- 46.90°N 71.50°W · 167 m
Highest highest in available records since 1978. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−41.1°C
- Date
- Friday, 12 January 1979
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Valcartier Arpt, Canada
- Position
- 46.90°N 71.50°W · 167 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1978. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Valcartier Arpt is
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46.90°N 71.50°W
Valcartier Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
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Valcartier Arpt has dropped below freezing on 636 nights since 1978. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1978. - 2
Today is colder than 53% of all days recorded here since 1978.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1978. - 3
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 76.2°C colder than Valcartier Arpt. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night Valcartier Arpt has ever recorded, −41.1°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −69.2°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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Every year on record
1978 to 1981
Annual average · °C
Trend over 3 years with data: -10.00 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
9.5°
−41.1°
Fri 11 Jan 1980
Feb
10.5°
−37.8°
Wed 11 Feb 1981
Mar
16.1°
−32.0°
Sat 24 Mar 1979
Apr
23.3°
−20.6°
Thu 26 Apr 1979
May
32.8°
−7.2°
Mon 29 May 1978
Jun
30.0°
−1.1°
Mon 12 Jun 1978
Jul
31.1°
−1.1°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 7.0°C | 12:00 UTC | 4.0°C | 11:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 16.0°C | 17:00 UTC | 14.0°C | 15:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- ValcartierCanada0.2 km
- Quebec, QueCanada14.4 km
- Quebec/Lesage IntlCanada14.6 km
- Ste FoyCanada21.1 km
- Beauport CS, Que.Canada24.3 km
- BeauportCanada24.4 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1978 to 1981 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |