Photo: Dennis Cambly · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly any Canadian towns wake to more frost than Lamont County
July afternoons average 23.5°C. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 96% of Canadian towns. Precipitation follows the seasons: July brings about 6.0 times as much as February. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 78 times a year.
These are not Lamont County’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Vegreville, 41 km south-east.
A year in Lamont County at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lamont County’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Lamont County feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 209 frosts and 93 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. Some 43 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 388 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 132 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 30 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vegreville normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Fort Saskatchewan, 42 km away.
Heating a home in Lamont County
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. That means homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lamont County’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 108 frost-free days, roughly 24 May to 10 September.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 77 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Expect around 11 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Lamont County’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vegreville
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Vegreville.
| Distance from the town | 41 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 639 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Fort Saskatchewan, 42 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.7°C |
| Average wind | 13.3 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Fort Saskatchewan, 42 km |
How Lamont 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
Places around Lamont County whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Lamont County with figures are 15–44 km away.
Lamont 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 | −8.1°C | −19.0°C | −13.5°C | 19 mm | 30 cm |
| February | −5.5°C | −17.4°C | −11.4°C | 12 mm | 13 cm |
| March | −0.4°C | −11.3°C | −5.9°C | 17 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 9.9°C | −2.9°C | 3.5°C | 28 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 2.9°C | 10.3°C | 41 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.2°C | 7.9°C | 14.6°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 10.2°C | 16.9°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.9°C | 8.4°C | 15.6°C | 50 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.0°C | 3.2°C | 10.6°C | 35 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.6°C | −3.1°C | 3.2°C | 23 mm | 8 cm |
| November | −0.6°C | −11.0°C | −5.8°C | 17 mm | 27 cm |
| December | −6.7°C | −17.7°C | −12.3°C | 16 mm | 23 cm |
| Year | 8.5°C | −4.2°C | 2.2°C | 388 mm | 132 cm |
From −42.2°C to 19.7°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, December varies most (a standard deviation of 4.3°C around −12.3°C) and June least (1.1°C).
Where Lamont County’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Vegreville, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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 Lamont County’s climate
How warm does Lamont County get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23.5°C.
How cold does Lamont County get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −19.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Lamont County get?
The year adds up to 388 mm. July is the peak month (71 mm) and February the low one (12 mm).
Are these figures for Lamont County itself?
Not as such: Vegreville is the nearest normals location, and Lamont County has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lamont 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).