Minburn County No. 27 is among the frostiest of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 23.5°C. July is the wettest month, February the driest. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 96% of Canadian towns. Comfortable outdoor weather, highs of 23–24°C, belongs to July and August.
ECCC publishes no normals for Minburn County No. 27 itself; the figures are those of Vegreville, 21 km west.
A year in Minburn County No. 27 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Minburn County No. 27’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Minburn County No. 27 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
209 frost days and 93 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly 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
About 78 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
99 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 19 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Vegreville publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Fabyan, 78 km away.
Heating a home in Minburn County No. 27
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. By this count, homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Minburn County No. 27’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Between the last frost, near 24 May, and the first, near 10 September, lie about 108 frost-free days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →About 77 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 11 days a year.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Minburn County No. 27’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vegreville
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vegreville, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 21 km west |
| Station altitude | 639 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Fabyan, 78 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 | Fabyan, 78 km |
How Minburn County No. 27 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 Minburn County No. 27’s would only repeat its figures. Minburn County No. 27 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 59–73 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minburn County No. 27 Vegreville | 23.5°C | −19.0°C | 388 mm |
| Beaver County 59 km · Camrose | 23.1°C about the same | −17.8°C 1.2°C milder | 378 mm |
| Vermilion 64 km · Fabyan | 23.5°C about the same | −19.5°C 0.5°C colder | 425 mm |
| Lamont 72 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 1.2°C milder | 473 mm |
| Flagstaff County 73 km · Forestburg Plant Site | 24.4°C 0.9°C warmer | −15.4°C 3.6°C milder | 407 mm |
Minburn County No. 27 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 | −8.1°C | −19.0°C | −13.5°C | 19 mm | 19 cm |
| February | −5.5°C | −17.4°C | −11.4°C | 12 mm | 11 cm |
| March | −0.4°C | −11.3°C | −5.9°C | 17 mm | 15 cm |
| April | 9.9°C | −2.9°C | 3.5°C | 28 mm | 11 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 | under 1 cm |
| September | 18.0°C | 3.2°C | 10.6°C | 35 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 9.6°C | −3.1°C | 3.2°C | 23 mm | 7 cm |
| November | −0.6°C | −11.0°C | −5.8°C | 17 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −6.7°C | −17.7°C | −12.3°C | 16 mm | 17 cm |
| Year | 8.5°C | −4.2°C | 2.2°C | 388 mm | 99 cm |
A March here can run from −42.2°C to 19.7°C
Two years in three, December’s average falls within 4.3°C of its normal of −12.3°C; June keeps to within 1.1°C.
Where Minburn County No. 27’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Vegreville, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Minburn County No. 27’s climate
How warm does Minburn County No. 27 get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.5°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Minburn County No. 27 get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −19.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Minburn County No. 27 get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 388 mm a year; July leads with 71 mm and February trails with 12 mm.
Are these figures for Minburn County No. 27 itself?
They are borrowed from Vegreville, the nearest place to Minburn County No. 27 where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Minburn County No. 27 →
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).