Photo: The Heliotype Co. Ltd.: Publisher · Public domainLacombe sits near the top of Canadian towns for frosts
Expect July afternoons of about 22.9°C. The wettest month is June; the driest is February. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 92% of Canadian towns. Have the furnace checked before October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Lacombe has no normals station, so these come from Red Deer, 35 km south.
A year in Lacombe at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lacombe’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Lacombe feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
212 frost days and 85 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 34 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 483 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 81 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
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
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. A house here needs more heating than 84% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lacombe’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Wait until about 22 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 12 September, about 112 days later.
Plan time outside for Jul: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →On some 64 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 9 a year.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Lacombe’s hazards page.
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 | 35 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 | Camrose, 89 km |
How Lacombe 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 Lacombe’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Lacombe with figures are 41–46 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacombe Red Deer | 22.9°C | −17.6°C | 483 mm |
| Samson 137 41 km · Camrose | 23.1°C about the same | −17.8°C about the same | 378 mm |
| Louis Bull 138B 46 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C about the same | −18.1°C 0.5°C colder | 434 mm |
Lacombe 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 | −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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −38.0°C to 24.8°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±4.3°C around −9.8°C), June the one that wanders least (±0.9°C).
Where Lacombe’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Red Deer, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Lacombe’s climate
How warm does Lacombe get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 22.9°C.
How cold does Lacombe get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −17.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Lacombe get?
A normal year brings 483 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 98 mm, February driest at 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 itself?
Not quite: they come from Red Deer, the closest ECCC normals location to Lacombe.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lacombe →
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).