Photo: Darren Kirby from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Beaver County: 378 mm a year
January nights here settle around −17.8°C. Seasons differ by 41°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 95% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 205 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
ECCC publishes no normals for Beaver County itself; the figures are those of Camrose, 29 km south-west.
A year in Beaver County at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Beaver County’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Beaver County feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 205 frosts and 87 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 39 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
378 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 72 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 132 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 30 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Camrose publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Fort Saskatchewan, 62 km away.
Heating a home in Beaver County
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Homes here need more heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Beaver County’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 20 May and returns near 14 September, about 117 days apart.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 66 days a year here.
The humidex tops 30 on about 13 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Beaver County’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Camrose
Camrose is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 29 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 739 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Fort Saskatchewan, 62 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.3°C |
| Average wind | 12.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Vegreville, 42 km |
How Beaver County compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Beaver County’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Beaver County with figures are 44–55 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver County Camrose | 23.1°C | −17.8°C | 378 mm |
| Vegreville 44 km · Vegreville | 23.5°C about the same | −19.0°C 1.2°C colder | 388 mm |
| Strathcona County 51 km · Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C about the same | −14.7°C 3.1°C milder | 423 mm |
| Beaumont 55 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C about the same | −18.1°C about the same | 434 mm |
| Lamont 55 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C 0.5°C warmer | −17.8°C about the same | 473 mm |
Beaver County weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.4°C | −17.8°C | −12.2°C | 19 mm | 30 cm |
| February | −4.0°C | −16.4°C | −10.2°C | 9 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 1.0°C | −10.6°C | −4.8°C | 16 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −2.4°C | 3.8°C | 27 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 3.4°C | 10.3°C | 40 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 8.1°C | 14.3°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.1°C | 10.2°C | 16.7°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 8.7°C | 15.6°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.4°C | 3.6°C | 10.5°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.7°C | −2.7°C | 3.5°C | 18 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 0.1°C | −10.1°C | −5.0°C | 16 mm | 27 cm |
| December | −5.3°C | −16.2°C | −10.8°C | 10 mm | 23 cm |
| Year | 8.8°C | −3.5°C | 2.7°C | 378 mm | 132 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (4.2°C), June least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −39.8°C (2003) to 25.1°C (2004).
Where Beaver County’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Camrose from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Beaver County’s climate
How warm does Beaver County get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 23.1°C.
How cold does Beaver County get in winter?
Lows sink to −17.8°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Beaver County get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 378 mm; the range runs from 9 mm in February to 73 mm in July.
Are these figures for Beaver County itself?
Not exactly. Beaver County lacks a normals station, so Camrose supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Beaver County →
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).