Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on La Perle, less than on 90% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.5°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 38°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 21–24°C.
Read at Edmonton (City), 8.7 km north-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in La Perle at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about La Perle’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in La Perle feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 179 frosts and 90 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 24 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 423 mm of rain and snow a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 72 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 124 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 26 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in La Perle
89% 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. A house here needs more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with La Perle’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Gardens get from about 7 May to 25 September without frost, around 141 days in all.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 50 days in a normal year.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 11 a year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has La Perle’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (City)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 8.7 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 671 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −37.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Average wind | 12.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Edmonton (Airport), 24 km |
How La Perle compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share La Perle’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 21–32 km from La Perle.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Perle Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Devon 21 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 31 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
La Perle 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 | −5.8°C | −14.7°C | −10.3°C | 20 mm | 26 cm |
| February | −3.0°C | −12.7°C | −7.9°C | 12 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 1.7°C | −7.8°C | −3.1°C | 17 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.4°C | −0.7°C | 4.9°C | 29 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 5.6°C | 11.6°C | 44 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 21.0°C | 10.2°C | 15.6°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 12.6°C | 18.1°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.6°C | 11.3°C | 17.0°C | 61 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.6°C | 6.2°C | 11.9°C | 39 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 10.0°C | −0.1°C | 5.0°C | 21 mm | 11 cm |
| November | 0.6°C | −7.5°C | −3.5°C | 18 mm | 20 cm |
| December | −4.7°C | −13.2°C | −9.0°C | 12 mm | 15 cm |
| Year | 9.3°C | −0.9°C | 4.2°C | 423 mm | 124 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (4.2°C), June least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −34.0°C (2003) to 23.9°C (2004).
Where La Perle’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Edmonton (City), 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: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about La Perle’s climate
How warm does La Perle get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 23.5°C.
How cold does La Perle get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does La Perle get?
423 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (83 mm); the driest, February (12 mm).
Are these figures for La Perle itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside La Perle.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for La Perle →
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).