Hardly any Canadian towns wake to more frost than Two Hills County No. 21
Sunny July days climb to about 23.5°C. Precipitation follows the seasons: July brings about 6.0 times as much as February. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 96% of Canadian towns. Comfortable outdoor weather, highs of 23–24°C, belongs to July and August.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Two Hills County No. 21 is Vegreville, 41 km south-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Two Hills County No. 21 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Two Hills County No. 21’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Two Hills County No. 21 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 209 frosts and 93 warm days 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
Rain and melted snow: about 388 mm a year
On about 78 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 132 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 30 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Fort Saskatchewan, 97 km away (Vegreville records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Two Hills County No. 21
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Two Hills County No. 21’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
On average the last spring frost comes around 24 May and the first autumn frost around 10 September: about 108 frost-free days between.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →On some 77 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Expect around 11 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Two Hills County No. 21’s hazards page looks at those.
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 | 41 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 639 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Fort Saskatchewan, 97 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 | Fort Saskatchewan, 97 km |
How Two Hills County No. 21 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Two Hills County No. 21’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 42–61 km from Two Hills County No. 21.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Hills County No. 21 Vegreville | 23.5°C | −19.0°C | 388 mm |
| St. Paul County No. 19 42 km · Cold Lake | 23.6°C about the same | −19.6°C 0.6°C colder | 437 mm |
| Smoky Lake County 49 km · Lac la Biche | 23.1°C about the same | −19.1°C about the same | 388 mm |
| Smoky Lake 61 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 1.2°C milder | 473 mm |
Two Hills County No. 21 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 |
From −42.2°C to 19.7°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is December: one year in three its average strays more than 4.3°C from −12.3°C. June moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Two Hills County No. 21’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Vegreville, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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 place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Two Hills County No. 21’s climate
How warm does Two Hills County No. 21 get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 23.5°C.
How cold does Two Hills County No. 21 get in winter?
Lows sink to −19.0°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Two Hills County No. 21 get?
Some 388 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (71 mm), the least in February (12 mm).
Are these figures for Two Hills County No. 21 itself?
Not directly: Two Hills County No. 21 has no ECCC normals of its own, and Vegreville stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Two Hills County No. 21 →
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).