Photo: Kappakapa · CC BY 3.0Nobleford sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 373 mm a year
January nights here settle around −12.1°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 38°C apart. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 63% of Canadian towns. Expect about 175 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Nobleford has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Lethbridge, 33 km south-east.
A year in Nobleford at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Nobleford’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Nobleford feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 175 days, 20°C on 112
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. Some 22 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
373 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 69 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
108 cm of snow in a typical year
From August to May snow is likely; March is the peak, at about 18 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Nobleford
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C.
Living with Nobleford’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Between the last frost, near 21 May, and the first, near 17 September, lie about 118 frost-free days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →About 41 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
The humidex tops 30 on about 24 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Nobleford: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lethbridge
Lethbridge is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 33 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 929 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 40.1°C |
| Average wind | 17.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Claresholm, 44 km |
How Nobleford 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 Nobleford’s own would show the same figures). Nobleford has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 30 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobleford Lethbridge | 26.3°C | −12.1°C | 373 mm |
| Fort Macleod 30 km · Claresholm | 25.2°C 1.1°C cooler | −13.2°C 1.1°C colder | 428 mm |
Nobleford weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1°C | −12.1°C | −6.0°C | 11 mm | 13 cm |
| February | 1.7°C | −11.0°C | −4.6°C | 10 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 6.4°C | −6.8°C | −0.2°C | 17 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 12.6°C | −1.3°C | 5.7°C | 28 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 18.2°C | 3.9°C | 11.1°C | 57 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 21.8°C | 8.3°C | 15.1°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.3°C | 10.5°C | 18.4°C | 40 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.3°C | 9.4°C | 17.9°C | 33 mm | 1 cm |
| September | 21.0°C | 5.3°C | 13.2°C | 32 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 13.3°C | −0.6°C | 6.4°C | 24 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | −6.6°C | −0.5°C | 16 mm | 16 cm |
| December | 0.7°C | −11.2°C | −5.3°C | 12 mm | 15 cm |
| Year | 12.8°C | −1.0°C | 5.9°C | 373 mm | 108 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.8°C; the steadiest month is June
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −38.0°C in 2002 and a high of 26.8°C in 2004.
Where Nobleford’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Lethbridge (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Nobleford’s climate
How warm does Nobleford get in summer?
Highs reach 26.3°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Nobleford get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −12.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Nobleford get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 373 mm; the range runs from 10 mm in February to 93 mm in June.
Are these figures for Nobleford itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Lethbridge, since Nobleford has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Nobleford →
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).