Photo: WinterE229 (WinterforceMedia) · CC0Hardly any Canadian towns wake to more frost than Leduc County
Expect July afternoons of about 23.0°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 41°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 90% of Canadian towns. Have the furnace checked before October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals at Edmonton (Airport) (12 km north-east).
A year in Leduc County at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Leduc County’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Leduc County feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 211 frosts and 90 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 38 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
434 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 78 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
127 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 24 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Leduc County
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Homes here need more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Leduc County’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
On average the last spring frost comes around 27 May and the first autumn frost around 10 September: about 105 frost-free days between.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jul.
Parks & trails →Count on some 67 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Count on some 11 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Leduc County’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (Airport)
ECCC builds the Edmonton (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 12 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 723 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 12.5 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Edmonton (City), 40 km |
How Leduc 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 Leduc County’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 31–40 km from Leduc County.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leduc County Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C | −18.1°C | 434 mm |
| Enoch Cree Nation 31 km · Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C 0.5°C warmer | −14.7°C 3.4°C milder | 423 mm |
| Wetaskiwin 34 km · Camrose | 23.1°C about the same | −17.8°C about the same | 378 mm |
| Wetaskiwin County No. 10 35 km · Breton | 23.1°C about the same | −15.2°C 2.9°C milder | 499 mm |
Leduc County weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.5°C | −18.1°C | −12.3°C | 22 mm | 24 cm |
| February | −4.1°C | −16.6°C | −10.4°C | 12 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 0.5°C | −11.2°C | −5.3°C | 17 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.1°C | −3.2°C | 3.5°C | 30 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 17.6°C | 2.7°C | 10.1°C | 47 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 20.7°C | 7.5°C | 14.1°C | 75 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 23.0°C | 9.4°C | 16.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.4°C | 7.8°C | 15.1°C | 53 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.8°C | 2.8°C | 10.3°C | 35 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 10.0°C | −3.3°C | 3.4°C | 22 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 0.2°C | −10.6°C | −5.2°C | 20 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −5.3°C | −16.7°C | −11.0°C | 15 mm | 16 cm |
| Year | 8.9°C | −4.1°C | 2.4°C | 434 mm | 127 cm |
March: −42.7°C at its coldest, 24.2°C at its warmest
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 4.3°C around −10.4°C) and June least (0.9°C).
Where Leduc County’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Edmonton (Airport): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Leduc County’s climate
How warm does Leduc County get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23.0°C.
How cold does Leduc County get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −18.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Leduc County get?
Measured as water, a year brings 434 mm: 87 mm in July, the wettest month, and 12 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 145 days a year.
Are these figures for Leduc County itself?
Yes. Edmonton (Airport), where ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals were measured, lies within Leduc County.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Leduc 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).