Photo: Jacob Marfo · CC BY-SA 3.0La Crète sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.3°C. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 97% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 48°C across the year, low to high. The heating season runs September to May: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Measured at High Level, 64 km north-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in La Crète at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about La Crète’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in La Crète feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
222 frost days and 81 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 77 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 360 mm of rain and snow a year
July brings the most rain and snow; April, the least. 470th wettest of 478 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta. About 74 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
154 cm of snow in a typical year
From September to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 29 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in La Crète
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to May.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. By this count, homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with La Crète’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 30 May and returns near 6 September, about 98 days apart.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 95 days in a normal year.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 7 a year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has La Crète’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: High Level
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for High Level are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 64 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 338 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −48.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.7°C |
| Average wind | 8.2 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Garden River, 159 km |
How La Crète 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
Places around La Crète whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 113–158 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from La Crète.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Crète High Level | 23.3°C | −25.0°C | 360 mm |
| Fox Lake 162 113 km · Garden River | 25.0°C 1.7°C warmer | −25.5°C 0.5°C colder | 360 mm |
| Manning 158 km · Peace River | 22.7°C 0.6°C cooler | −20.1°C 4.9°C milder | 384 mm |
La Crète 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 | −14.6°C | −25.0°C | −19.8°C | 20 mm | 27 cm |
| February | −10.2°C | −22.5°C | −16.3°C | 16 mm | 21 cm |
| March | −2.6°C | −16.2°C | −9.4°C | 17 mm | 23 cm |
| April | 8.4°C | −4.9°C | 1.7°C | 15 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 16.8°C | 2.1°C | 9.5°C | 29 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 21.5°C | 7.8°C | 14.7°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.3°C | 10.3°C | 16.8°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.5°C | 8.1°C | 14.8°C | 42 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 15.4°C | 2.6°C | 9.0°C | 35 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 5.8°C | −4.0°C | 0.9°C | 19 mm | 11 cm |
| November | −6.5°C | −15.5°C | −11.1°C | 21 mm | 28 cm |
| December | −13.1°C | −23.1°C | −18.1°C | 20 mm | 29 cm |
| Year | 5.5°C | −6.7°C | −0.6°C | 360 mm | 154 cm |
In December, anything from −46.0°C to 14.2°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; December is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.9°C around −18.1°C), June the one that wanders least (±0.8°C).
Where La Crète’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at High Level (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 La Crète’s climate
How warm does La Crète get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.3°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does La Crète get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −25.0°C.
How much rain and snow does La Crète get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 360 mm; the range runs from 15 mm in April to 73 mm in July.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 169 days a year.
Are these figures for La Crète itself?
Yes: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for High Level, which is in La Crète.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for La Crète →
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).