Photo: Eric Friedebach · CC BY 3.0Few Canadian towns get less rain and snow than Cypress County: 331 mm a year
July afternoons average 27.7°C. None of the 478 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta has warmer July afternoons. The year is lopsided: June gets about 7.3 times what February does. Expect about 176 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
ECCC publishes no normals for Cypress County itself; the figures are those of Medicine Hat, 4.8 km north-west.
A year in Cypress County at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cypress County’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Cypress County feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 176 frosts and 121 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. On about 22 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 331 mm of rain and snow a year
473rd wettest of 478 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta. On about 57 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 85 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from September to May, most of all in January (about 17 cm). 471st snowiest of 474 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Cypress County
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C.
Living with Cypress County’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 12 May until frost returns near 25 September: about 135 days.
Plan time outside for Jun: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 45 days a year.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 28 days a year.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Cypress County’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Medicine Hat
ECCC builds the Medicine Hat normals from 4 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 4.8 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 717 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 40.4°C |
| Average wind | 13.1 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Maple Creek, 88 km |
How Cypress County 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 Cypress County whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 64–103 km from Cypress County.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress County Medicine Hat | 27.7°C | −14.1°C | 331 mm |
| Forty Mile County No. 8 64 km · Vauxhall | 26.8°C 0.9°C cooler | −14.1°C about the same | 331 mm |
| Maple Creek No. 111 85 km · Maple Creek | 27.1°C 0.6°C cooler | −14.8°C 0.7°C colder | 331 mm |
Cypress County 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 | −2.9°C | −14.1°C | −8.5°C | 14 mm | 17 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −12.2°C | −6.4°C | 10 mm | 10 cm |
| March | 5.9°C | −6.6°C | −0.3°C | 16 mm | 15 cm |
| April | 13.5°C | −0.5°C | 6.6°C | 23 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.2°C | 5.1°C | 12.1°C | 45 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 23.1°C | 9.7°C | 16.4°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.7°C | 12.4°C | 20.1°C | 35 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27.2°C | 11.5°C | 19.4°C | 34 mm | 1 cm |
| September | 21.3°C | 6.3°C | 13.8°C | 31 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | −0.2°C | 6.6°C | 20 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −7.0°C | −1.2°C | 14 mm | 13 cm |
| December | −1.4°C | −12.4°C | −6.9°C | 12 mm | 12 cm |
| Year | 12.6°C | −0.7°C | 6.0°C | 331 mm | 85 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −37.4°C to 25.6°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 5.1°C of the normal, −6.4°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Cypress County’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Medicine Hat, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 Cypress County’s climate
How warm does Cypress County get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 27.7°C.
How cold does Cypress County get in winter?
Overnight lows average −14.1°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Cypress County get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 331 mm a year; June leads with 76 mm and February trails with 10 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 78 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Cypress County itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Medicine Hat; Cypress County has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cypress 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).