Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Peace No. 135: 384 mm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 22.7°C. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 96% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in June and eases off in February. The heating season runs September to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Measured at Peace River, 3.3 km north: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Peace No. 135 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Peace No. 135’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Peace No. 135 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
206 frost days and 79 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 45 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 384 mm a year
On about 76 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 128 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from September to May, most of all in January (about 25 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Peace No. 135
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. By this count, homes here need more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Peace No. 135’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 21 May and the first autumn frost around 13 September: about 114 frost-free days between.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Count on some 78 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Count on some 6 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Peace No. 135’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Peace River
ECCC builds the Peace River normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 3.3 km north |
| Station altitude | 571 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.5°C |
| Average wind | 11.9 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Red Earth, 140 km |
How Peace No. 135 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Peace No. 135’s own would show the same figures). Peace No. 135 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 109–130 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peace No. 135 Peace River | 22.7°C | −20.1°C | 384 mm |
| Big Lakes County 109 km · Slave Lake | 21.8°C 0.9°C cooler | −18.2°C 1.9°C milder | 422 mm |
| Sexsmith 125 km · Grande Prairie | 22.7°C about the same | −19.4°C 0.7°C milder | 435 mm |
| Saddle Hills County 130 km · Dawson Creek | 22.5°C about the same | −19.4°C 0.7°C milder | 421 mm |
Peace No. 135 weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.9°C | −20.1°C | −15.0°C | 23 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −6.2°C | −17.2°C | −11.7°C | 13 mm | 16 cm |
| March | −0.5°C | −11.9°C | −6.2°C | 15 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 9.4°C | −2.9°C | 3.3°C | 19 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 17.1°C | 3.3°C | 10.2°C | 40 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.7°C | 8.1°C | 14.5°C | 68 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 22.7°C | 9.9°C | 16.3°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.8°C | 8.2°C | 15.0°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.3°C | 3.3°C | 9.8°C | 40 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 8.4°C | −2.7°C | 2.9°C | 21 mm | 9 cm |
| November | −2.5°C | −11.6°C | −7.1°C | 20 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −8.2°C | −18.1°C | −13.2°C | 20 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 7.4°C | −4.3°C | 1.6°C | 384 mm | 128 cm |
April has run from −30.6°C to 28.4°C in thirty years
Year to year, December varies most (a standard deviation of 4.9°C around −13.2°C) and June least (0.8°C).
Where Peace No. 135’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Peace River, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 Peace No. 135’s climate
How warm does Peace No. 135 get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 22.7°C.
How cold does Peace No. 135 get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −20.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Peace No. 135 get?
The yearly total is about 384 mm. June gets 68 mm, the most of any month; February gets 13 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 141 days a year.
Are these figures for Peace No. 135 itself?
Yes: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Peace River, a location inside Peace No. 135.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Peace No. 135 →
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