Photo: Peter Vaitkunas · Public domainSt. Paul sits near the top of Canadian towns for frosts
Sunny July days climb to about 23.5°C. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 96% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. Comfortable outdoor weather, highs of 23–24°C, belongs to July and August.
St. Paul has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Vegreville, 75 km south-west, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in St. Paul at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about St. Paul’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in St. Paul feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 209 days, 20°C on 93
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. Some 43 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
388 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 78 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 127 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 23 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vegreville normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Cold Lake, 82 km away.
Heating a home in St. Paul
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. By this count, homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with St. Paul’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Frost usually lets go around 24 May and returns near 10 September, about 108 days apart.
Plan time outside for Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Count on some 77 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
On some 11 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; St. Paul’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vegreville
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Vegreville.
| Distance from the town | 75 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 639 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Cold Lake, 82 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 | Cold Lake, 82 km |
How St. Paul compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share St. Paul’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 10 km from St. Paul.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul Vegreville | 23.5°C | −19.0°C | 388 mm |
| St. Paul County No. 19 10 km · Cold Lake | 23.6°C about the same | −19.6°C 0.6°C colder | 437 mm |
St. Paul 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 | 23 cm |
| February | −5.5°C | −17.4°C | −11.4°C | 12 mm | 17 cm |
| March | −0.4°C | −11.3°C | −5.9°C | 17 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 9.9°C | −2.9°C | 3.5°C | 28 mm | 14 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 | under 1 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 | under 1 cm |
| September | 18.0°C | 3.2°C | 10.6°C | 35 mm | under 1 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 | 23 cm |
| December | −6.7°C | −17.7°C | −12.3°C | 16 mm | 22 cm |
| Year | 8.5°C | −4.2°C | 2.2°C | 388 mm | 127 cm |
December varies most from one year to the next (4.3°C), June least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −42.2°C (2009) and 19.7°C (2015), the widest span of any month.
Where St. Paul’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Vegreville, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 St. Paul’s climate
How warm does St. Paul get in summer?
Highs reach 23.5°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does St. Paul get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −19.0°C.
How much rain and snow does St. Paul get?
Precipitation totals 388 mm a year, with July the wettest month (71 mm) and February the driest (12 mm).
Are these figures for St. Paul itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Vegreville, a long way from St. Paul.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for St. Paul →
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).