Photo: Ribbet32 · CC BY-SA 4.0Summer arrives softly in Beaverlodge, cooler than in 94% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −19.4°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of 91% of Canadian towns. July is the wettest month, February the driest. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 87 times a year.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Beaverlodge is Grande Prairie, 34 km east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Beaverlodge at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Beaverlodge’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Beaverlodge feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 202 days, 20°C on 80
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 43 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 435 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 162 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs September to May; January brings the most, about 34 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Beaverlodge
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. By this count, homes here need more heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Beaverlodge’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 21 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 10 September, ends a season of about 111 days.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →On some 67 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
A humidex above 30 marks about 5 days in a normal year.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Beaverlodge’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 34 km east |
| Station altitude | 669 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −47.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 11.9 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Dawson Creek, 76 km |
How Beaverlodge compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Beaverlodge’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Beaverlodge with figures are 80–110 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverlodge Grande Prairie | 22.7°C | −19.4°C | 435 mm |
| Dawson Creek 80 km · Dawson Creek | 22.5°C about the same | −19.4°C about the same | 421 mm |
| Birch Hills County 110 km · Peace River | 22.7°C about the same | −20.1°C 0.7°C colder | 384 mm |
Beaverlodge weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.3°C | −19.4°C | −13.9°C | 28 mm | 34 cm |
| February | −4.6°C | −16.3°C | −10.5°C | 16 mm | 20 cm |
| March | −0.1°C | −11.5°C | −5.8°C | 18 mm | 22 cm |
| April | 9.9°C | −2.3°C | 3.8°C | 22 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 17.0°C | 3.4°C | 10.3°C | 42 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 20.6°C | 8.0°C | 14.3°C | 72 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 22.7°C | 9.9°C | 16.3°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.0°C | 8.4°C | 15.2°C | 50 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.3°C | 3.8°C | 10.5°C | 37 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 9.1°C | −2.4°C | 3.3°C | 30 mm | 15 cm |
| November | −0.9°C | −10.7°C | −5.9°C | 29 mm | 28 cm |
| December | −6.4°C | −17.0°C | −11.7°C | 19 mm | 25 cm |
| Year | 8.2°C | −3.9°C | 2.2°C | 435 mm | 162 cm |
January has run from −47.1°C to 15.2°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, December’s average typically shifts by 5.0°C around its normal of −11.7°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 0.9°C.
Where Beaverlodge’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Grande Prairie, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Beaverlodge’s climate
How warm does Beaverlodge get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.7°C.
How cold does Beaverlodge get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −19.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Beaverlodge get?
Around 435 mm a year in all, from 73 mm in July down to 16 mm in February.
Are these figures for Beaverlodge itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Grande Prairie, since Beaverlodge has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Beaverlodge →
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).