Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Wellington, less than on 90% of Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −14.7°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Some 38°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 72 times a year.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, 3.8 km south-east.
A year in Wellington at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wellington’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Wellington 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
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 24 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
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 Wellington
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. By this count, homes here need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Wellington’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 7 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 25 September, ends a season of about 141 days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 50 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Plan shade and water for about 11 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Wellington’s hazards page.
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 | 3.8 km south-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 | Fort Saskatchewan, 28 km |
How Wellington 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
Places around Wellington whose figures come from another normals location. Wellington has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 23–30 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 23 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
| Beaumont 29 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Wellington 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 |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.2°C; the steadiest month is June
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −34.0°C in 2003 and a high of 23.9°C in 2004.
Where Wellington’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: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Wellington’s climate
How warm does Wellington get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.5°C.
How cold does Wellington get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Wellington get?
Some 423 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (83 mm), the least in February (12 mm).
Are these figures for Wellington itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Wellington.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wellington →
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