Blood 148 gets more frosts than 88% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 24.0°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 70% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 35°C. Plan for rain or snow on about 65 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Blood 148 is Carway, 39 km south, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Blood 148 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Blood 148’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Blood 148 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 194 frosts and 80 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to June; in December almost every night freezes. On about 19 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 534 mm of rain and snow a year
June brings the most rain and snow; January, the least. 4th wettest of 479 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 257 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from August to June, with about 55 cm in April, the snowiest month. 3rd snowiest of 475 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Blood 148
83% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Blood 148’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
For long days outdoors, Jul bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Blood 148’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Carway
Carway is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 39 km south |
| Station altitude | 1,354 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Lethbridge, 47 km |
How Blood 148 compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Blood 148 whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 32–50 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Blood 148.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood 148 Carway | 24.0°C | −10.9°C | 534 mm |
| Magrath 32 km · Lethbridge | 26.3°C 2.3°C warmer | −12.1°C 1.2°C colder | 373 mm |
| Piikani 147 40 km · Pincher Creek | 24.2°C about the same | −10.4°C 0.5°C milder | 550 mm |
| Fort Macleod 43 km · Claresholm | 25.2°C 1.2°C warmer | −13.2°C 2.3°C colder | 428 mm |
Blood 148 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 | 0.9°C | −10.9°C | −5.0°C | 22 mm | 26 cm |
| February | 0.9°C | −10.8°C | −5.1°C | 29 mm | 29 cm |
| March | 4.5°C | −7.0°C | −1.2°C | 36 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 9.4°C | −2.4°C | 3.5°C | 59 mm | 55 cm |
| May | 14.8°C | 2.2°C | 8.6°C | 78 mm | 20 cm |
| June | 18.7°C | 6.0°C | 12.3°C | 108 mm | 2 cm |
| July | 24.0°C | 8.5°C | 16.3°C | 35 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.7°C | 7.8°C | 15.8°C | 38 mm | 2 cm |
| September | 18.2°C | 4.0°C | 11.1°C | 45 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 11.0°C | −1.4°C | 4.8°C | 30 mm | 24 cm |
| November | 4.7°C | −6.2°C | −0.8°C | 31 mm | 32 cm |
| December | 0.4°C | −10.4°C | −5.1°C | 25 mm | 28 cm |
| Year | 10.9°C | −1.7°C | 4.6°C | 534 mm | 257 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (4.3°C), June least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. December spans the most, from −37.0°C (1992) to 21.0°C (2008).
Where Blood 148’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Carway from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Blood 148’s climate
How warm does Blood 148 get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24.0°C.
How cold does Blood 148 get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −10.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Blood 148 get?
Around 534 mm a year in all, from 108 mm in June down to 22 mm in January.
Are these figures for Blood 148 itself?
No, the station behind them is Carway, beyond Blood 148’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Blood 148 →
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).