Few Canadian towns get more frosts than Saddle Lake 125
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 23.5°C on average. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 96% of Canadian towns. July is the wettest month here, with about 6.0 times the rain and snow of February. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Saddle Lake 125 has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Vegreville, 57 km south-west, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Saddle Lake 125 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saddle Lake 125’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Saddle Lake 125 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
209 frost days and 93 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. On about 43 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
About 388 mm of rain and snow a year
About 78 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 132 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 30 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Fort Saskatchewan, 99 km away (Vegreville records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Saddle Lake 125
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. By this count, homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saddle Lake 125’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
From about 24 May to 10 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 108 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 →The wind chill passes −20 on about 77 days in a normal year.
Plan shade and water for about 11 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Saddle Lake 125’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vegreville
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vegreville, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 57 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 639 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Fort Saskatchewan, 99 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.7°C |
| Average wind | 13.3 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Lac la Biche, 90 km |
How Saddle Lake 125 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
Places around Saddle Lake 125 whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Saddle Lake 125 with figures are 31–40 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Lake 125 Vegreville | 23.5°C | −19.0°C | 388 mm |
| St. Paul County No. 19 31 km · Cold Lake | 23.6°C about the same | −19.6°C 0.6°C colder | 437 mm |
| Smoky Lake County 34 km · Lac la Biche | 23.1°C about the same | −19.1°C about the same | 388 mm |
Saddle Lake 125 weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.1°C | −19.0°C | −13.5°C | 19 mm | 30 cm |
| February | −5.5°C | −17.4°C | −11.4°C | 12 mm | 13 cm |
| March | −0.4°C | −11.3°C | −5.9°C | 17 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 9.9°C | −2.9°C | 3.5°C | 28 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 2.9°C | 10.3°C | 41 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.2°C | 7.9°C | 14.6°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 10.2°C | 16.9°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.9°C | 8.4°C | 15.6°C | 50 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.0°C | 3.2°C | 10.6°C | 35 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.6°C | −3.1°C | 3.2°C | 23 mm | 8 cm |
| November | −0.6°C | −11.0°C | −5.8°C | 17 mm | 27 cm |
| December | −6.7°C | −17.7°C | −12.3°C | 16 mm | 23 cm |
| Year | 8.5°C | −4.2°C | 2.2°C | 388 mm | 132 cm |
March: −42.2°C at its coldest, 19.7°C at its warmest
Year to year, December varies most (a standard deviation of 4.3°C around −12.3°C) and June least (1.1°C).
Where Saddle Lake 125’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Vegreville, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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: 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 Saddle Lake 125’s climate
How warm does Saddle Lake 125 get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.5°C.
How cold does Saddle Lake 125 get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −19.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Saddle Lake 125 get?
The year adds up to 388 mm. July is the peak month (71 mm) and February the low one (12 mm).
Are these figures for Saddle Lake 125 itself?
They are the figures for Vegreville, which read better as the region’s climate than Saddle Lake 125’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saddle Lake 125 →
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).