Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Few Canadian towns get less rain and snow than Falher: 384 mm a year
July afternoons average 22.7°C. Precipitation follows the seasons: June brings about 5.1 times as much as February. Frost is common: about 206 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. Have the furnace checked before September to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Falher come from Peace River, 57 km north, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Falher at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Falher’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Falher feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
206 frost days and 79 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 45 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
Rain and melted snow: about 384 mm a year
About 76 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
128 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from September to May, most of all in January (about 25 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Falher
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. A house here needs more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Falher’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 114 days, roughly 21 May to 13 September.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 78 days a year here.
On some 6 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Falher’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Peace River
ECCC builds the Peace River normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 57 km north |
| 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, 123 km |
How Falher 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 Falher whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 67–78 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Falher.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falher Peace River | 22.7°C | −20.1°C | 384 mm |
| Big Lakes County 67 km · Slave Lake | 21.8°C 0.9°C cooler | −18.2°C 1.9°C milder | 422 mm |
| Valleyview 74 km · Grande Prairie | 22.7°C about the same | −19.4°C 0.7°C milder | 435 mm |
Falher 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 | −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 |
Two years in three, December’s average lands within 4.9°C of normal, against the steadier June
Over 1991–2020, April saw both −30.6°C (2020) and 28.4°C (2016), the widest span of any month.
Where Falher’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Peace River, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Falher’s climate
How warm does Falher get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 22.7°C.
How cold does Falher get in winter?
Overnight lows average −20.1°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Falher get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 384 mm; the range runs from 13 mm in February to 68 mm in June.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow cover of 1 cm or more lasts about 141 days in a typical year.
Are these figures for Falher itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Peace River, a long way from Falher.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Falher →
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).