Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Samson 137: 378 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 23.1°C. The year is lopsided: July gets about 7.8 times what February does. Frost is common: about 205 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 95% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 205 days a year at 0°C or below.
ECCC publishes no normals for Samson 137 itself; the figures are those of Camrose, 49 km north-east.
A year in Samson 137 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Samson 137’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Samson 137 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 205 frosts and 87 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 39 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
378 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 72 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 127 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 24 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Camrose normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Edmonton (Airport), 60 km away.
Heating a home in Samson 137
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Homes here need more heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Samson 137’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 20 May and returns near 14 September, about 117 days apart.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 66 days a year here.
On some 13 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Samson 137’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Camrose
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Camrose.
| Distance from the town | 49 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 739 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Edmonton (Airport), 60 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.3°C |
| Average wind | 12.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Edmonton (Airport), 60 km |
How Samson 137 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Samson 137’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samson 137 Camrose | 23.1°C | −17.8°C | 378 mm |
| Ermineskin 138 8.2 km · Camrose | 23.1°C about the same | −17.8°C about the same | 378 mm |
| Louis Bull 138B 15 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C about the same | −18.1°C about the same | 434 mm |
| Ponoka 17 km · Red Deer | 22.9°C about the same | −17.6°C about the same | 483 mm |
Samson 137 weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.4°C | −17.8°C | −12.2°C | 19 mm | 24 cm |
| February | −4.0°C | −16.4°C | −10.2°C | 9 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 1.0°C | −10.6°C | −4.8°C | 16 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −2.4°C | 3.8°C | 27 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 3.4°C | 10.3°C | 40 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 8.1°C | 14.3°C | 72 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 23.1°C | 10.2°C | 16.7°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 8.7°C | 15.6°C | 44 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.4°C | 3.6°C | 10.5°C | 34 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 9.7°C | −2.7°C | 3.5°C | 18 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 0.1°C | −10.1°C | −5.0°C | 16 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −5.3°C | −16.2°C | −10.8°C | 10 mm | 16 cm |
| Year | 8.8°C | −3.5°C | 2.7°C | 378 mm | 127 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (4.2°C), June least
March has the widest record range, −39.8°C in 2003 to 25.1°C in 2004; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Samson 137’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Camrose from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Samson 137’s climate
How warm does Samson 137 get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 23.1°C.
How cold does Samson 137 get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −17.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Samson 137 get?
A normal year brings 378 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 73 mm, February driest at 9 mm.
Are these figures for Samson 137 itself?
Not exactly. Samson 137 lacks a normals station, so Camrose supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Samson 137 →
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).