Photo: Umbra Lab, Inc. · CC BY 4.0Lacombe County sits near the top of Canadian towns for frosts
High summer brings afternoon highs near 22.9°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 41°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 92% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 81 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Borrowed figures: Lacombe County has no normals station, so these come from Red Deer, 31 km south.
A year in Lacombe County at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lacombe County’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Lacombe County feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 212 days, 20°C on 85
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 34 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
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 138 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs September to May; March brings the most, about 23 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Lacombe County
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 84% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lacombe County’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 112 days, roughly 22 May to 12 September.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jul.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 64 days with a wind chill below −20.
On some 9 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Lacombe County’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Red Deer
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Red Deer are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 31 km south |
| Station altitude | 905 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.3°C |
| Average wind | 11.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Breton, 93 km |
How Lacombe County 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Lacombe County’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 45–64 km from Lacombe County.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacombe County Red Deer | 22.9°C | −17.6°C | 483 mm |
| Samson 137 45 km · Camrose | 23.1°C about the same | −17.8°C about the same | 378 mm |
| Louis Bull 138B 50 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C about the same | −18.1°C 0.5°C colder | 434 mm |
| Wetaskiwin County No. 10 56 km · Breton | 23.1°C about the same | −15.2°C 2.4°C milder | 499 mm |
Lacombe 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 | −5.6°C | −17.6°C | −11.6°C | 16 mm | 20 cm |
| February | −3.5°C | −16.1°C | −9.8°C | 12 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 1.3°C | −10.5°C | −4.6°C | 19 mm | 23 cm |
| April | 10.1°C | −3.0°C | 3.6°C | 28 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 16.8°C | 2.7°C | 9.7°C | 58 mm | 10 cm |
| June | 20.0°C | 7.4°C | 13.7°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.9°C | 9.4°C | 16.2°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.4°C | 7.9°C | 15.2°C | 70 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.8°C | 3.0°C | 10.4°C | 38 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 10.4°C | −3.4°C | 3.5°C | 22 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 1.1°C | −10.5°C | −4.7°C | 17 mm | 20 cm |
| December | −4.4°C | −16.2°C | −10.3°C | 14 mm | 19 cm |
| Year | 9.1°C | −3.9°C | 2.6°C | 483 mm | 138 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (4.3°C), June least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −38.0°C (2002) and 24.8°C (2004).
Where Lacombe County’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Red Deer (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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 Lacombe County’s climate
How warm does Lacombe County get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 22.9°C.
How cold does Lacombe County get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −17.6°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Lacombe 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).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 129 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Lacombe County itself?
They come from Red Deer, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Lacombe County.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lacombe 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).