Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY 2.0Ice on the ground: Elk Point sees more frosts than 90% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 23.6°C. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 85% of Canadian towns. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and February the least. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 76 times a year.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Elk Point come from Cold Lake, 71 km north-east, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Elk Point at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Elk Point’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Elk Point feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
198 frost days and 89 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 43 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 437 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 127 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 23 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Elk Point
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 94% of Canadian towns.
Living with Elk Point’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plant out after about 19 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 16 September, leaving roughly 119 days without frost.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 70 days a year here.
Plan shade and water for about 11 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Elk Point’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Cold Lake
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Cold Lake, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 71 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 541 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.3°C |
| Average wind | 11.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Lloydminster, 86 km |
How Elk Point 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Elk Point’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Elk Point with figures are 28–59 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Point Cold Lake | 23.6°C | −19.6°C | 437 mm |
| St. Paul 28 km · Vegreville | 23.5°C about the same | −19.0°C 0.6°C milder | 388 mm |
| Vermilion River County 59 km · Lloydminster | 23.2°C about the same | −18.8°C 0.8°C milder | 424 mm |
Elk Point weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.9°C | −19.6°C | −14.8°C | 17 mm | 23 cm |
| February | −6.3°C | −17.3°C | −11.8°C | 13 mm | 17 cm |
| March | 0.5°C | −10.7°C | −5.1°C | 18 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 9.4°C | −2.2°C | 3.6°C | 34 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 17.1°C | 4.1°C | 10.6°C | 40 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.0°C | 9.2°C | 15.1°C | 86 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 23.6°C | 11.8°C | 17.7°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 10.3°C | 16.4°C | 52 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 16.9°C | 4.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 8.4°C | −1.3°C | 3.6°C | 24 mm | 8 cm |
| November | −1.9°C | −9.8°C | −5.9°C | 19 mm | 23 cm |
| December | −8.7°C | −17.4°C | −13.1°C | 16 mm | 22 cm |
| Year | 7.7°C | −3.2°C | 2.3°C | 437 mm | 127 cm |
March has run from −39.6°C to 17.9°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, December’s average typically shifts by 4.3°C around its normal of −13.1°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Elk Point’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Cold Lake (the closest location with all twelve months 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, 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 Elk Point’s climate
How warm does Elk Point get in summer?
Expect highs near 23.6°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Elk Point get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −19.6°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Elk Point get?
Measured as water, a year brings 437 mm: 86 mm in June, the wettest month, and 13 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 142 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Elk Point itself?
No: they come from Cold Lake, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Elk Point.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Elk Point →
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).