Less rain and snow fall on Laurel than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −14.7°C. A year here swings 38°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 80% of Canadian towns. About 72 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Read at Edmonton (City), 16 km north-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Laurel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Laurel’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Laurel feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 179 days, 20°C on 90
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
423 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
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 Laurel
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. By this count, homes here need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Laurel’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
From about 7 May to 25 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 141 days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: 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 50 days a year.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 11 a year.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Laurel’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (City)
ECCC builds the Edmonton (City) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 16 km north-west |
| 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), 19 km |
How Laurel 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Laurel’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Laurel with figures are 11–28 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Beaumont 11 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 28 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
Laurel 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 | −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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −34.0°C to 23.9°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 4.2°C of its normal of −7.9°C; June keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Laurel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Edmonton (City), 1991–2020.
- 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Laurel’s climate
How warm does Laurel get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 23.5°C.
How cold does Laurel get in winter?
Overnight lows average −14.7°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Laurel get?
About 423 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (83 mm) and February the driest (12 mm).
Are these figures for Laurel itself?
They are the normals for Edmonton (City), measured just outside Laurel itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Laurel →
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).