Hardly any Canadian towns wake to more frost than Eckville
High summer brings afternoon highs near 22.9°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 92% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 41°C. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to May, when means dip under 10°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Eckville is Red Deer, 39 km south-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Eckville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Eckville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Eckville feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 212 days, 20°C on 85
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 34 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 483 mm a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. About 81 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
138 cm of snow in a typical 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 Eckville
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. That means homes here need more heating than 84% of Canadian towns.
Living with Eckville’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plant out after about 22 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 12 September, leaving roughly 112 days without frost.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jul.
Parks & trails →Count on some 64 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
About 9 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Eckville: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Red Deer
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Red Deer are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 39 km south-east |
| 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, 68 km |
How Eckville 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Eckville’s would only repeat its figures. Eckville has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 28 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eckville Red Deer | 22.9°C | −17.6°C | 483 mm |
| Clearwater County 28 km · Sundre | 22.8°C about the same | −18.0°C about the same | 496 mm |
Eckville 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 | −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 |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 4.3°C of normal, against the steadier June
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −38.0°C in 2002 and a high of 24.8°C in 2004.
Where Eckville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Red Deer, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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 Eckville’s climate
How warm does Eckville get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 22.9°C.
How cold does Eckville get in winter?
Expect nights around −17.6°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Eckville get?
June is the wettest month at 98 mm and February the driest at 12 mm, for 483 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 129 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Eckville itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Red Deer, outside Eckville.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Eckville →
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).