Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainTofield sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 378 mm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −17.8°C. Winter and summer sit 41°C apart. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 95% of Canadian towns. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to August brings highs of 21–23°C.
These are not Tofield’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Camrose, 37 km south.
A year in Tofield at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Tofield’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Tofield feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 205 frosts and 87 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 39 nights a year.
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
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 72 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
132 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 30 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Camrose normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Fort Saskatchewan, 52 km away.
Heating a home in Tofield
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Tofield’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Between the last frost, near 20 May, and the first, near 14 September, lie about 117 frost-free days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 66 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
About 13 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Tofield’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Camrose
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Camrose, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 37 km south |
| Station altitude | 739 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Fort Saskatchewan, 52 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 | Vegreville, 40 km |
How Tofield 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 Tofield whose figures come from another normals location. Tofield has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 42–45 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tofield Camrose | 23.1°C | −17.8°C | 378 mm |
| Vegreville 42 km · Vegreville | 23.5°C about the same | −19.0°C 1.2°C colder | 388 mm |
| Strathcona County 43 km · Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C about the same | −14.7°C 3.1°C milder | 423 mm |
| Lamont 45 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C 0.5°C warmer | −17.8°C about the same | 473 mm |
Tofield 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 | −6.4°C | −17.8°C | −12.2°C | 19 mm | 30 cm |
| February | −4.0°C | −16.4°C | −10.2°C | 9 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 1.0°C | −10.6°C | −4.8°C | 16 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −2.4°C | 3.8°C | 27 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 3.4°C | 10.3°C | 40 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 8.1°C | 14.3°C | 72 mm | 0 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 | 0 cm |
| September | 17.4°C | 3.6°C | 10.5°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.7°C | −2.7°C | 3.5°C | 18 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 0.1°C | −10.1°C | −5.0°C | 16 mm | 27 cm |
| December | −5.3°C | −16.2°C | −10.8°C | 10 mm | 23 cm |
| Year | 8.8°C | −3.5°C | 2.7°C | 378 mm | 132 cm |
March: −39.8°C at its coldest, 25.1°C at its warmest
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 4.2°C around −10.2°C) and June least (1.0°C).
Where Tofield’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Camrose, the nearest location with a full year of 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: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Tofield’s climate
How warm does Tofield get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.1°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Tofield get in winter?
Expect nights around −17.8°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Tofield get?
Around 378 mm a year in all, from 73 mm in July down to 9 mm in February.
Are these figures for Tofield itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Camrose, outside Tofield.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Tofield →
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).