Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns get more frosts than Hinton
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.4°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 97% of Canadian towns. Seasons differ by 38°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. The heating season runs October to May: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Hinton has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Jasper, 67 km south-west, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Hinton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hinton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Hinton feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 217 days, 20°C on 79
Frost comes from September to June; in December almost every night freezes. On about 25 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
376 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in June, the least in February. Some 83 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 112 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs September to May; January brings the most, about 21 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Hinton
83% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Hinton’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 14 June to about 26 August, some 72 days in a normal year.
No month here brings highs of 17–27°C together with nights of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →On some 41 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
A humidex above 30 marks about 8 days in a normal year.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Hinton’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Jasper
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Jasper are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 67 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 1,062 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.2°C |
| Average wind | 5.6 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Edson, 75 km |
How Hinton 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 Hinton’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Hinton with figures are 78–149 km away.
Hinton 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 | −3.2°C | −14.4°C | −8.8°C | 20 mm | 21 cm |
| February | 0.5°C | −12.7°C | −6.1°C | 15 mm | 12 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −8.2°C | −1.8°C | 20 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 10.9°C | −3.6°C | 3.7°C | 20 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 16.4°C | 0.9°C | 8.7°C | 37 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 20.0°C | 5.2°C | 12.6°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.4°C | 7.4°C | 15.4°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.0°C | 6.1°C | 14.6°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.9°C | 2.5°C | 10.2°C | 36 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 9.9°C | −2.4°C | 3.9°C | 26 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 1.5°C | −8.1°C | −3.3°C | 24 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −3.5°C | −14.1°C | −8.8°C | 18 mm | 18 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | −3.5°C | 3.4°C | 376 mm | 112 cm |
November: −38.3°C at its coldest, 19.9°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.3°C from −6.1°C. June moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Hinton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Jasper, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Hinton’s climate
How warm does Hinton get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 23.4°C on a typical day.
How cold does Hinton get in winter?
Lows sink to −14.4°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Hinton get?
Measured as water, a year brings 376 mm: 58 mm in June, the wettest month, and 15 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Hinton itself?
They are the figures for Jasper, which read better as the region’s climate than Hinton’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hinton →
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).