Hardly any Canadian towns see fresher July days than Fox Creek
In January the night’s low is typically −16.0°C. Frost is common: about 197 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Precipitation follows the seasons: July brings about 6.9 times as much as February. Plan time outside for July and August, when highs sit at 21–22°C.
Every figure here comes from Whitecourt, 73 km south-east; ECCC has no normals closer to Fox Creek, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Fox Creek at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fox Creek’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Fox Creek feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
197 frost days and 74 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. Some 29 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 521 mm a year
6th wettest of 479 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta. About 92 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
175 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from September to May, with about 35 cm in January, the snowiest month. 7th snowiest of 475 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Fox Creek
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Fox Creek’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Gardens get from about 20 May to 15 September without frost, around 118 days in all.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Fox Creek’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Whitecourt
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Whitecourt are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 73 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 782 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.7°C |
| Next-nearest location | Edson, 95 km |
How Fox Creek 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 Fox Creek’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Fox Creek with figures are 80–116 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Creek Whitecourt | 22.2°C | −16.0°C | 521 mm |
| Valleyview 80 km · Grande Prairie | 22.7°C 0.5°C warmer | −19.4°C 3.4°C colder | 435 mm |
| Edson 94 km · Edson | 22.2°C about the same | −17.0°C 1.0°C colder | 489 mm |
| High Prairie 116 km · Peace River | 22.7°C 0.5°C warmer | −20.1°C 4.1°C colder | 384 mm |
Fox Creek 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 | −6.7°C | −16.0°C | −11.4°C | 26 mm | 35 cm |
| February | −2.9°C | −13.3°C | −8.0°C | 15 mm | 20 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −8.8°C | −3.3°C | 21 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 9.8°C | −1.8°C | 4.1°C | 30 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 16.4°C | 3.5°C | 9.8°C | 61 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 19.8°C | 7.8°C | 13.8°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.2°C | 10.2°C | 16.2°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.3°C | 8.9°C | 15.1°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.3°C | 4.3°C | 10.5°C | 38 mm | 3 cm |
| October | 8.5°C | −1.4°C | 3.7°C | 28 mm | 19 cm |
| November | −1.0°C | −8.9°C | −5.0°C | 24 mm | 25 cm |
| December | −6.3°C | −14.7°C | −10.5°C | 22 mm | 25 cm |
| Year | 8.3°C | −2.5°C | 2.9°C | 521 mm | 175 cm |
January has run from −42.7°C to 16.9°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 4.3°C around its normal of −8.0°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 0.8°C.
Where Fox Creek’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Whitecourt from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: 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 Fox Creek’s climate
How warm does Fox Creek get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 22.2°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Fox Creek get in winter?
Expect nights around −16.0°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Fox Creek get?
The year adds up to 521 mm. July is the peak month (104 mm) and February the low one (15 mm).
Are these figures for Fox Creek itself?
Not really: Whitecourt, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Fox Creek.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fox Creek →
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).