Few Canadian towns get less rain and snow than Paintearth County No. 18: 339 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.8°C. About 216 nights a year bring a frost, more than in almost every Canadian town. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 43°C. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings suit July and August, with highs of 23–24°C.
Measured at Coronation, 28 km south-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Paintearth County No. 18 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Paintearth County No. 18’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Paintearth County No. 18 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
216 frost days and 90 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January 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
About 339 mm of rain and snow a year
June is the wettest month and December the driest. 472nd wettest of 479 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta. On about 66 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 87 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 16 cm. 466th snowiest of 475 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Coronation publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Forestburg Plant Site, 37 km away.
Heating a home in Paintearth County No. 18
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Paintearth County No. 18’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Expect around 76 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
About 11 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Paintearth County No. 18: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Coronation
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Coronation are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 28 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 791 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Forestburg Plant Site, 37 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.9°C |
| Average wind | 15.1 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Forestburg Plant Site, 37 km |
How Paintearth County No. 18 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Paintearth County No. 18’s own would show the same figures). Paintearth County No. 18 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 64–72 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paintearth County No. 18 Coronation | 23.8°C | −18.8°C | 339 mm |
| Flagstaff County 64 km · Forestburg Plant Site | 24.4°C 0.6°C warmer | −15.4°C 3.4°C milder | 407 mm |
| Hanna 72 km · Drumheller East | 26.3°C 2.5°C warmer | −17.6°C 1.2°C milder | 339 mm |
Paintearth County No. 18 weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.0°C | −18.8°C | −13.4°C | 12 mm | 16 cm |
| February | −6.0°C | −17.1°C | −11.6°C | 9 mm | 10 cm |
| March | −0.5°C | −11.2°C | −5.7°C | 13 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 9.6°C | −3.5°C | 3.0°C | 25 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 16.8°C | 2.2°C | 9.5°C | 39 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.4°C | 7.0°C | 13.7°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.8°C | 9.3°C | 16.6°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.4°C | 8.2°C | 15.8°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.9°C | 2.7°C | 10.3°C | 29 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 9.7°C | −3.8°C | 3.0°C | 17 mm | 9 cm |
| November | −0.2°C | −10.7°C | −5.5°C | 15 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −6.6°C | −17.2°C | −11.9°C | 9 mm | 13 cm |
| Year | 8.4°C | −4.4°C | 2.0°C | 339 mm | 87 cm |
From −39.8°C to 25.4°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 4.4°C around its normal of −11.6°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Paintearth County No. 18’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Coronation, 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: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Paintearth County No. 18’s climate
How warm does Paintearth County No. 18 get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23.8°C.
How cold does Paintearth County No. 18 get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −18.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Paintearth County No. 18 get?
The yearly total is about 339 mm. June gets 69 mm, the most of any month; December gets 9 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Paintearth County No. 18 itself?
Yes: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Coronation, which is in Paintearth County No. 18.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Paintearth County No. 18 →
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