Blackfalds is among the frostiest of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 22.9°C. Seasons differ by 41°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 92% of Canadian towns. Have the furnace checked before October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
Blackfalds has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Red Deer, 24 km south.
A year in Blackfalds at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Blackfalds’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Blackfalds feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 212 frosts and 85 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 34 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
483 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 81 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 138 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from September to May, with about 23 cm in March, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Blackfalds
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 84% of Canadian towns.
Living with Blackfalds’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
From about 22 May to 12 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 112 days.
Plan time outside for Jul: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Expect around 64 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 9 days a year.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Blackfalds’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Red Deer
ECCC builds the Red Deer normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 24 km south |
| Station altitude | 905 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.3°C |
| Average wind | 11.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Sundre, 91 km |
How Blackfalds 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Blackfalds’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 52–68 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Blackfalds.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackfalds Red Deer | 22.9°C | −17.6°C | 483 mm |
| Samson 137 52 km · Camrose | 23.1°C about the same | −17.8°C about the same | 378 mm |
| Louis Bull 138B 57 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C about the same | −18.1°C 0.5°C colder | 434 mm |
| Wetaskiwin County No. 10 63 km · Breton | 23.1°C about the same | −15.2°C 2.4°C milder | 499 mm |
| Clearwater County 68 km · Sundre | 22.8°C about the same | −18.0°C about the same | 496 mm |
Blackfalds 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 | −5.6°C | −17.6°C | −11.6°C | 16 mm | 20 cm |
| February | −3.5°C | −16.1°C | −9.8°C | 12 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 1.3°C | −10.5°C | −4.6°C | 19 mm | 23 cm |
| April | 10.1°C | −3.0°C | 3.6°C | 28 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 16.8°C | 2.7°C | 9.7°C | 58 mm | 10 cm |
| June | 20.0°C | 7.4°C | 13.7°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.9°C | 9.4°C | 16.2°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.4°C | 7.9°C | 15.2°C | 70 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.8°C | 3.0°C | 10.4°C | 38 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 10.4°C | −3.4°C | 3.5°C | 22 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 1.1°C | −10.5°C | −4.7°C | 17 mm | 20 cm |
| December | −4.4°C | −16.2°C | −10.3°C | 14 mm | 19 cm |
| Year | 9.1°C | −3.9°C | 2.6°C | 483 mm | 138 cm |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.3°C; June the least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −38.0°C (2002) and 24.8°C (2004), the widest span of any month.
Where Blackfalds’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Red Deer: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Blackfalds’s climate
How warm does Blackfalds get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 22.9°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Blackfalds get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −17.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Blackfalds get?
Count on roughly 483 mm a year, heaviest in June (98 mm) and lightest in February (12 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 129 days a year.
Are these figures for Blackfalds itself?
Not quite: they come from Red Deer, the closest ECCC normals location to Blackfalds.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Blackfalds →
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).