Photo: Brett Snyder ( 1brettsnyder at en.wikipedia ) · CC BY 1.0Newell County is among the driest of Canadian towns: 299 mm of rain and snow a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about −15.7°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of 88% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is June; the driest is February. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 55 times a year.
No ECCC station in Newell County has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Brooks, 7.8 km east, instead.
A year in Newell County at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Newell County’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Newell County feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 195 days, 20°C on 116
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. On about 31 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
299 mm of precipitation in a typical year
477th wettest of 478 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 105 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs September to May; March brings the most, about 18 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Brooks publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Queenstown, 72 km away.
Heating a home in Newell County
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Newell County’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Wait until about 22 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 21 September, about 121 days later.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 52 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Summer brings about 27 days when the humidex passes 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Newell County’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Brooks
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Brooks, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 7.8 km east |
| Station altitude | 747 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Queenstown, 72 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 12.6 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Vauxhall, 60 km |
How Newell 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Newell County’s would only repeat its figures. Newell County has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 43–75 km out.
Newell 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 | −3.4°C | −15.7°C | −9.5°C | 11 mm | 14 cm |
| February | −0.5°C | −13.4°C | −7.0°C | 7 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −8.5°C | −1.9°C | 16 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 12.8°C | −2.2°C | 5.4°C | 20 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.9°C | 3.6°C | 11.3°C | 37 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 22.6°C | 8.5°C | 15.6°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.9°C | 11.1°C | 19.0°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.1°C | 9.9°C | 18.1°C | 33 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 4.8°C | 12.8°C | 29 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 12.9°C | −1.9°C | 5.5°C | 14 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 3.9°C | −8.8°C | −2.5°C | 15 mm | 15 cm |
| December | −2.7°C | −14.8°C | −8.8°C | 11 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 11.9°C | −2.3°C | 4.8°C | 299 mm | 105 cm |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 4.3°C; the steadiest, June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −37.5°C (2019) and 26.6°C (2004).
Where Newell County’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Brooks, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: 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 Newell County’s climate
How warm does Newell County get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 26.9°C.
How cold does Newell County get in winter?
Expect nights around −15.7°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Newell County get?
June is the wettest month at 76 mm and February the driest at 7 mm, for 299 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Newell County itself?
Not exactly. Newell County lacks a normals station, so Brooks supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Newell 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).