Photo: Kurt Bauschardt from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Hardly any Canadian towns wake to more frost than Millet
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 23.0°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 90% of Canadian towns. The year is lopsided: July gets about 7.0 times what February does. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 78 times a year.
These are not Millet’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Edmonton (Airport), 26 km north.
A year in Millet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Millet’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Millet feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 211 frosts and 90 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 38 nights a year.
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
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 127 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 24 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Millet
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. Homes here need more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Millet’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 27 May until frost returns near 10 September: about 105 days.
For long days outdoors, Jul bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 67 days a year.
Summer brings about 11 days when the humidex passes 30.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Millet’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (Airport)
Edmonton (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 26 km north |
| 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 | Camrose, 44 km |
How Millet 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 Millet’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 15–44 km from Millet.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millet Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C | −18.1°C | 434 mm |
| Wetaskiwin 15 km · Camrose | 23.1°C about the same | −17.8°C about the same | 378 mm |
| Wetaskiwin County No. 10 34 km · Breton | 23.1°C about the same | −15.2°C 2.9°C milder | 499 mm |
Millet 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 | −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 |
February varies most from one year to the next (4.3°C), June least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −42.7°C (2009) and 24.2°C (2004), the widest span of any month.
Where Millet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Edmonton (Airport) (the closest location with all twelve months of 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: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Millet’s climate
How warm does Millet get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 23.0°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Millet get in winter?
Overnight lows average −18.1°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Millet get?
The yearly total is about 434 mm. July gets 87 mm, the most of any month; February gets 12 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 145 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Millet itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Edmonton (Airport); Millet has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Millet →
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).