Frosty mornings in Vermilion River County outnumber those of 91% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.2°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 87% of Canadian towns. The year is lopsided: June gets about 7.2 times what February does. The outdoor season runs from June to August, with highs of 21–23°C.
Vermilion River County has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Lloydminster, 35 km east.
A year in Vermilion River County at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Vermilion River County’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Vermilion River County feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 202 frosts and 85 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 41 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 424 mm a year
On about 75 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 103 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 18 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Vermilion River County
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Vermilion River County’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 18 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 17 September, ends a season of about 121 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 →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 78 days a year.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 10 days a year.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Vermilion River County’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lloydminster
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Lloydminster are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 35 km east |
| Station altitude | 669 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.1°C |
| Average wind | 15.6 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Fabyan, 57 km |
How Vermilion River County 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 Vermilion River County’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 20–79 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Vermilion River County.
Vermilion River County 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 | −9.8°C | −18.8°C | −14.3°C | 18 mm | 18 cm |
| February | −7.3°C | −16.8°C | −12.1°C | 12 mm | 12 cm |
| March | −1.5°C | −10.8°C | −6.1°C | 15 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −2.6°C | 3.2°C | 32 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 17.0°C | 3.6°C | 10.3°C | 45 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 20.6°C | 8.7°C | 14.7°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.2°C | 11.1°C | 17.2°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 9.8°C | 16.2°C | 59 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.2°C | 4.6°C | 11.0°C | 34 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 8.6°C | −2.1°C | 3.2°C | 19 mm | 6 cm |
| November | −1.8°C | −10.0°C | −5.9°C | 17 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −8.0°C | −16.6°C | −12.3°C | 15 mm | 15 cm |
| Year | 7.5°C | −3.3°C | 2.1°C | 424 mm | 103 cm |
In February, anything from −42.5°C to 13.5°C
December is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.4°C of the normal, −12.3°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Vermilion River County’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Lloydminster from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest 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 Vermilion River County’s climate
How warm does Vermilion River County get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 23.2°C.
How cold does Vermilion River County get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −18.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Vermilion River County get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 424 mm a year; June leads with 83 mm and February trails with 12 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 146 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Vermilion River County itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Lloydminster, not in Vermilion River County; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Vermilion River County →
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).