Lac Ste. Anne County sits near the top of Canadian towns for frosts
Expect July afternoons of about 23.5°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 43°C. If you like long walks, July and August offer highs of 23–24°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Lac Ste. Anne County itself; the figures are those of Campsie, 41 km north-west.
A year in Lac Ste. Anne County at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lac Ste. Anne County’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Lac Ste. Anne County feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 216 days, 20°C on 87
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 42 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 466 mm a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. About 82 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
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 29 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Lac Ste. Anne County
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
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 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lac Ste. Anne County’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 1 June, has passed; autumn’s first, near 1 September, ends a season of about 91 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Lac Ste. Anne County: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Campsie
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Campsie are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 41 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 671 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −47.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Edmonton (City), 64 km |
How Lac Ste. Anne County 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Lac Ste. Anne County’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Lac Ste. Anne County with figures are 30–43 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lac Ste. Anne County Campsie | 23.5°C | −19.0°C | 466 mm |
| Alexander 134 30 km · Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C about the same | −14.7°C 4.3°C milder | 423 mm |
| Wabamun 133A 32 km · Breton | 23.1°C about the same | −15.2°C 3.8°C milder | 499 mm |
Lac Ste. Anne County weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.6°C | −19.0°C | −12.8°C | 27 mm | 29 cm |
| February | −3.1°C | −16.9°C | −10.0°C | 15 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 1.8°C | −11.2°C | −4.7°C | 18 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −3.1°C | 3.7°C | 30 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 2.5°C | 10.1°C | 47 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 20.9°C | 7.3°C | 14.1°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 9.7°C | 16.6°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 8.1°C | 15.3°C | 57 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.6°C | 2.9°C | 10.3°C | 36 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.6°C | −2.9°C | 3.4°C | 23 mm | 10 cm |
| November | −0.1°C | −10.7°C | −5.3°C | 25 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −5.8°C | −17.5°C | −11.7°C | 19 mm | 20 cm |
| Year | 9.0°C | −4.2°C | 2.4°C | 466 mm | 128 cm |
In January, anything from −47.5°C to 20.5°C
Two years in three, December’s average falls within 4.4°C of its normal of −11.7°C; June keeps to within 0.8°C.
Where Lac Ste. Anne County’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Campsie, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lac Ste. Anne County’s climate
How warm does Lac Ste. Anne County get in summer?
Highs reach 23.5°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Lac Ste. Anne County get in winter?
Expect nights around −19.0°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Lac Ste. Anne County get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 466 mm; the range runs from 15 mm in February to 86 mm in July.
Are these figures for Lac Ste. Anne County itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Campsie, since Lac Ste. Anne County has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lac Ste. Anne 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).