Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY 2.0Frost comes to Kneehill County more often than to 88% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.3°C. Expect the most rain and snow in June and the least in February. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 77% of Canadian towns. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Kneehill County itself; the figures are those of Drumheller East, 49 km south-east.
A year in Kneehill County at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kneehill County’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Kneehill County feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 195 frosts and 116 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. On about 35 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
Rain and melted snow: about 483 mm a year
Some 81 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Drumheller East normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Red Deer here, 68 km away.
About 138 cm of snow a year
From September to May snow is likely; March is the peak, at about 23 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Kneehill County
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kneehill County’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 14 May to about 21 September, some 128 days in a normal year.
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 →Winter brings about 57 days with a wind chill below −20.
Roughly 22 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Kneehill County’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Drumheller East
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Drumheller East, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 49 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 678 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Red Deer, 68 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.4°C |
| Average wind | 9.2 km/h on average, most often from the south-east |
| Next-nearest location | Red Deer, 68 km |
How Kneehill County 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Kneehill County’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 50–62 km from Kneehill County.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kneehill County Drumheller East | 26.3°C | −17.6°C | 483 mm |
| Irricana 50 km · Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C 2.8°C cooler | −13.5°C 4.1°C milder | 445 mm |
| Bowden 59 km · Red Deer | 22.9°C 3.4°C cooler | −17.6°C about the same | 483 mm |
| Olds 61 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 3.5°C cooler | −18.0°C about the same | 496 mm |
Kneehill County 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 | −4.9°C | −17.6°C | −11.2°C | 16 mm | 20 cm |
| February | −1.7°C | −15.7°C | −8.7°C | 12 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 4.0°C | −9.3°C | −2.7°C | 19 mm | 23 cm |
| April | 12.6°C | −1.6°C | 5.5°C | 28 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 18.9°C | 4.4°C | 11.7°C | 58 mm | 10 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 9.1°C | 15.8°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.3°C | 11.6°C | 19.0°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.9°C | 10.3°C | 18.2°C | 70 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 20.5°C | 4.9°C | 12.7°C | 38 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 12.6°C | −1.6°C | 5.8°C | 22 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 2.6°C | −9.5°C | −3.4°C | 17 mm | 20 cm |
| December | −4.0°C | −16.3°C | −10.2°C | 14 mm | 19 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | −2.6°C | 4.4°C | 483 mm | 138 cm |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.4°C; June the least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −38.7°C in 2019 and a high of 28.0°C in 2004.
Where Kneehill County’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Drumheller East, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Kneehill County’s climate
How warm does Kneehill County get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 26.3°C.
How cold does Kneehill County get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −17.6°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Kneehill County get?
About 483 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (98 mm) and February the driest (12 mm).
Are these figures for Kneehill County itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Drumheller East, not in Kneehill County; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kneehill County →
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).