Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Canada · CC BY 2.0Hardly any Canadian towns wake to more frost than Rimbey
July afternoons average 22.9°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 92% of Canadian towns. Some 41°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Plan for rain or snow on about 81 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Red Deer, 57 km south-east: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Rimbey itself.
A year in Rimbey at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Rimbey’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Rimbey feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 212 days, 20°C on 85
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 34 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
483 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 138 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from September to May, most of all in March (about 23 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Rimbey
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 84% of Canadian towns.
Living with Rimbey’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 22 May to about 12 September, some 112 days in a normal year.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jul, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →About 64 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Expect around 9 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Rimbey’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Red Deer
Red Deer is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 57 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 905 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.3°C |
| Average wind | 11.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Breton, 61 km |
How Rimbey 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 Rimbey’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Rimbey with figures are 40–57 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rimbey Red Deer | 22.9°C | −17.6°C | 483 mm |
| Wetaskiwin County No. 10 40 km · Breton | 23.1°C about the same | −15.2°C 2.4°C milder | 499 mm |
| Louis Bull 138B 52 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C about the same | −18.1°C 0.5°C colder | 434 mm |
| Clearwater County 53 km · Sundre | 22.8°C about the same | −18.0°C about the same | 496 mm |
| Ermineskin 138 57 km · Camrose | 23.1°C about the same | −17.8°C about the same | 378 mm |
Rimbey weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.6°C | −17.6°C | −11.6°C | 16 mm | 20 cm |
| February | −3.5°C | −16.1°C | −9.8°C | 12 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 1.3°C | −10.5°C | −4.6°C | 19 mm | 23 cm |
| April | 10.1°C | −3.0°C | 3.6°C | 28 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 16.8°C | 2.7°C | 9.7°C | 58 mm | 10 cm |
| June | 20.0°C | 7.4°C | 13.7°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.9°C | 9.4°C | 16.2°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.4°C | 7.9°C | 15.2°C | 70 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.8°C | 3.0°C | 10.4°C | 38 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 10.4°C | −3.4°C | 3.5°C | 22 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 1.1°C | −10.5°C | −4.7°C | 17 mm | 20 cm |
| December | −4.4°C | −16.2°C | −10.3°C | 14 mm | 19 cm |
| Year | 9.1°C | −3.9°C | 2.6°C | 483 mm | 138 cm |
From −38.0°C to 24.8°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 4.3°C around −9.8°C) and June least (0.9°C).
Where Rimbey’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Red Deer: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Rimbey’s climate
How warm does Rimbey get in summer?
Afternoons average 22.9°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Rimbey get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −17.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Rimbey get?
June is the wettest month at 98 mm and February the driest at 12 mm, for 483 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 129 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Rimbey itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Red Deer, a long way from Rimbey.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Rimbey →
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).