Photo: Joli Rumi · CC BY-SA 4.0Dry weather: only 407 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Stettler, less than on 94% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 24.4°C. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and February the least. Its January nights bite harder than in 73% of Canadian towns. Plan time outside from June to August, when highs sit at 21–24°C.
Borrowed figures: Stettler has no normals station, so these come from Forestburg Plant Site, 44 km east.
A year in Stettler at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Stettler’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Stettler feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
180 frost days and 94 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 27 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
About 407 mm of rain and snow a year
About 72 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
87 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 16 cm. 466th snowiest of 474 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Stettler
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. That means homes here need more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with Stettler’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Stettler’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Forestburg Plant Site
Forestburg Plant Site is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 44 km east |
| Station altitude | 663 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Camrose, 81 km |
How Stettler 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 Stettler’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 63–71 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Stettler.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stettler Forestburg Plant Site | 24.4°C | −15.4°C | 407 mm |
| Starland County 63 km · Drumheller East | 26.3°C 1.9°C warmer | −17.6°C 2.2°C colder | 339 mm |
| Camrose County 69 km · Camrose | 23.1°C 1.3°C cooler | −17.8°C 2.4°C colder | 378 mm |
| Ponoka 71 km · Red Deer | 22.9°C 1.5°C cooler | −17.6°C 2.2°C colder | 483 mm |
Stettler 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 | −5.6°C | −15.4°C | −10.5°C | 17 mm | 16 cm |
| February | −3.1°C | −13.0°C | −8.1°C | 10 mm | 10 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −7.8°C | −3.0°C | 16 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −0.7°C | 4.9°C | 33 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 5.3°C | 11.5°C | 46 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.3°C | 10.1°C | 15.7°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.4°C | 12.5°C | 18.5°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.7°C | 11.2°C | 17.4°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.5°C | 6.2°C | 12.4°C | 33 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 10.8°C | 0.0°C | 5.5°C | 19 mm | 9 cm |
| November | 1.7°C | −6.9°C | −2.6°C | 16 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −4.1°C | −13.3°C | −8.8°C | 13 mm | 13 cm |
| Year | 9.8°C | −1.0°C | 4.4°C | 407 mm | 87 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 4.8°C, more than any month, and June least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −40.0°C (2014) to 27.0°C (2004).
Where Stettler’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Forestburg Plant Site, 1991–2020.
- 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, 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 Stettler’s climate
How warm does Stettler get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 24.4°C on a typical day.
How cold does Stettler get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −15.4°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Stettler get?
About 407 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (79 mm) and February the driest (10 mm).
Are these figures for Stettler itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Forestburg Plant Site, since Stettler has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Stettler →
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).