Photo: Markus Säynevirta · CC BY-SA 4.0Few Canadian towns get less rain and snow than Fairview: 384 mm a year
January nights here settle around −20.1°C. About 206 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 43°C. Expect about 206 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Peace River, 61 km east: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Fairview itself.
A year in Fairview at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fairview’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Fairview feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
206 frost days and 79 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 45 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
384 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 76 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 128 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs September to May; January brings the most, about 25 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Fairview
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. By this count, homes here need more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Fairview’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Between the last frost, near 21 May, and the first, near 13 September, lie about 114 frost-free days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Expect around 78 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Count on some 6 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Fairview’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Peace River
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Peace River are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 61 km east |
| Station altitude | 571 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.5°C |
| Average wind | 11.9 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Grande Prairie, 104 km |
How Fairview 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 Fairview’s would only repeat its figures. Fairview has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 71–113 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Peace River | 22.7°C | −20.1°C | 384 mm |
| Saddle Hills County 71 km · Dawson Creek | 22.5°C about the same | −19.4°C 0.7°C milder | 421 mm |
| Sexsmith 84 km · Grande Prairie | 22.7°C about the same | −19.4°C 0.7°C milder | 435 mm |
Fairview 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 | −9.9°C | −20.1°C | −15.0°C | 23 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −6.2°C | −17.2°C | −11.7°C | 13 mm | 16 cm |
| March | −0.5°C | −11.9°C | −6.2°C | 15 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 9.4°C | −2.9°C | 3.3°C | 19 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 17.1°C | 3.3°C | 10.2°C | 40 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.7°C | 8.1°C | 14.5°C | 68 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 22.7°C | 9.9°C | 16.3°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.8°C | 8.2°C | 15.0°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.3°C | 3.3°C | 9.8°C | 40 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 8.4°C | −2.7°C | 2.9°C | 21 mm | 9 cm |
| November | −2.5°C | −11.6°C | −7.1°C | 20 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −8.2°C | −18.1°C | −13.2°C | 20 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 7.4°C | −4.3°C | 1.6°C | 384 mm | 128 cm |
December varies most from one year to the next (4.9°C), June least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. April spans the most, from −30.6°C (2020) to 28.4°C (2016).
Where Fairview’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Peace River (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Fairview’s climate
How warm does Fairview get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 22.7°C.
How cold does Fairview get in winter?
January nights average −20.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Fairview get?
Measured as water, a year brings 384 mm: 68 mm in June, the wettest month, and 13 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 141 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Fairview itself?
They are the figures for Peace River, which read better as the region’s climate than Fairview’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fairview →
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).