Photo: Hero122 · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Raymond: 373 mm a year
Nights in January average −12.1°C. June is the wettest month here, with about 9.0 times the rain and snow of February. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 63% of Canadian towns. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
These are not Raymond’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Lethbridge, 21 km north-west.
A year in Raymond at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Raymond’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Raymond feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
175 frost days and 112 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. On about 22 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
Rain and melted snow: about 373 mm a year
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
Expect snow from August to May, with about 18 cm in March, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Raymond
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 Raymond’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 21 May until frost returns near 17 September: about 118 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Roughly 41 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
About 24 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Raymond: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lethbridge
ECCC builds the Lethbridge normals from 4 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 21 km north-west |
| 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 | Milk River, 58 km |
How Raymond 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 Raymond’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 43–49 km from Raymond.
Raymond 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 |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 4.8°C of normal, against the steadier June
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −38.0°C (2002) to 26.8°C (2004).
Where Raymond’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 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 (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Raymond’s climate
How warm does Raymond get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 26.3°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Raymond get in winter?
January nights average −12.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Raymond get?
Measured as water, a year brings 373 mm: 93 mm in June, the wettest month, and 10 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Raymond itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Lethbridge; Raymond has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Raymond →
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).