Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Clear Hills: 384 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −20.1°C. Frost is common: about 206 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 43°C. About 76 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Peace River, 84 km east: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Clear Hills itself.
A year in Clear Hills at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Clear Hills’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Clear Hills feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
206 frost days and 79 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 45 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 384 mm of rain and snow a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 128 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from September to May, with about 25 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Clear Hills
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Clear Hills’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 21 May to 13 September without frost, around 114 days in all.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 78 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
The humidex tops 30 on about 6 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Clear Hills’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Peace River
Peace River is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 84 km east |
| Station altitude | 571 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.5°C |
| Average wind | 11.9 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Dawson Creek, 105 km |
How Clear Hills 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 Clear Hills whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Clear Hills with figures are 57–117 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Hills Peace River | 22.7°C | −20.1°C | 384 mm |
| Saddle Hills County 57 km · Dawson Creek | 22.5°C about the same | −19.4°C 0.7°C milder | 421 mm |
| Sexsmith 104 km · Grande Prairie | 22.7°C about the same | −19.4°C 0.7°C milder | 435 mm |
| Taylor 117 km · Fort St. John | 21.7°C 1.0°C cooler | −16.7°C 3.4°C milder | 464 mm |
Clear Hills 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 | −9.9°C | −20.1°C | −15.0°C | 23 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −6.2°C | −17.2°C | −11.7°C | 13 mm | 16 cm |
| March | −0.5°C | −11.9°C | −6.2°C | 15 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 9.4°C | −2.9°C | 3.3°C | 19 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 17.1°C | 3.3°C | 10.2°C | 40 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.7°C | 8.1°C | 14.5°C | 68 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 22.7°C | 9.9°C | 16.3°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.8°C | 8.2°C | 15.0°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.3°C | 3.3°C | 9.8°C | 40 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 8.4°C | −2.7°C | 2.9°C | 21 mm | 9 cm |
| November | −2.5°C | −11.6°C | −7.1°C | 20 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −8.2°C | −18.1°C | −13.2°C | 20 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 7.4°C | −4.3°C | 1.6°C | 384 mm | 128 cm |
The month with the widest range: April, −30.6°C to 28.4°C
Two years in three, December’s average falls within 4.9°C of its normal of −13.2°C; June keeps to within 0.8°C.
Where Clear Hills’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Peace River, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Clear Hills’s climate
How warm does Clear Hills get in summer?
Expect highs near 22.7°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Clear Hills get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −20.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Clear Hills get?
Count on roughly 384 mm a year, heaviest in June (68 mm) and lightest in February (13 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 141 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Clear Hills itself?
Not really: Peace River, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Clear Hills.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Clear Hills →
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).