Photo: Jack Borno · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly any Canadian towns wake to more frost than Mountain View County
Expect July afternoons of about 22.8°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 41°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 93% of Canadian towns. The furnace earns its keep from September to May, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals at Sundre (23 km west).
A year in Mountain View County at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Mountain View County’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Mountain View County feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 233 frosts and 79 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to June, and December freezes nearly every night. Some 42 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
496 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in June, the least in January. On about 81 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
138 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from September to May, with about 23 cm in March, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Sundre normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Red Deer, 60 km away.
Heating a home in Mountain View County
83% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to May.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 92% of Canadian towns.
Living with Mountain View County’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plant out after about 13 June; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 25 August, leaving roughly 72 days without frost.
Summer nights stay cool here: no month pairs 17–27°C afternoons with 8°C nights.
Parks & trails →About 57 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
About 6 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Mountain View County’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Sundre
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Sundre, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 23 km west |
| Station altitude | 1,114 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Red Deer, 60 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −47.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 7.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Red Deer, 60 km |
How Mountain View County 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 Mountain View County’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 32–43 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Mountain View County.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View County Sundre | 22.8°C | −18.0°C | 496 mm |
| Bowden 32 km · Red Deer | 22.9°C about the same | −17.6°C about the same | 483 mm |
| Crossfield 39 km · Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C 0.7°C warmer | −13.5°C 4.5°C milder | 445 mm |
Mountain View County 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 | −1.5°C | −18.0°C | −9.8°C | 13 mm | 20 cm |
| February | 0.5°C | −17.1°C | −8.3°C | 13 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 3.5°C | −11.7°C | −4.1°C | 21 mm | 23 cm |
| April | 9.7°C | −4.7°C | 2.5°C | 30 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 15.6°C | 0.3°C | 8.0°C | 63 mm | 10 cm |
| June | 19.3°C | 4.9°C | 12.1°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.8°C | 7.7°C | 15.3°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.0°C | 6.2°C | 14.1°C | 71 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.4°C | 1.4°C | 9.4°C | 47 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 10.9°C | −4.5°C | 3.2°C | 20 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 3.4°C | −11.5°C | −4.1°C | 16 mm | 20 cm |
| December | −1.4°C | −17.2°C | −9.3°C | 16 mm | 19 cm |
| Year | 10.2°C | −5.4°C | 2.4°C | 496 mm | 138 cm |
December: −45.9°C at its coldest, 18.6°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.2°C from −8.3°C. June moves least, typically by 0.9°C.
Where Mountain View County’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Sundre, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Mountain View County’s climate
How warm does Mountain View County get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 22.8°C.
How cold does Mountain View County get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −18.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Mountain View County get?
Measured as water, a year brings 496 mm: 104 mm in June, the wettest month, and 13 mm in January, the driest.
Are these figures for Mountain View County itself?
Yes: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Sundre, which is in Mountain View County.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Mountain View 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).