Photo: Shoju foge · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns get more frosts than Vermilion
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 23.5°C. The wettest month is June; the driest is February. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 86% of Canadian towns. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to August brings highs of 21–24°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Vermilion is Fabyan, 44 km south, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Vermilion at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Vermilion’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Vermilion feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 213 days, 20°C on 88
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 42 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
425 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Some 74 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 99 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 19 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Vermilion
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. A house here needs more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Vermilion’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Vermilion’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fabyan
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Fabyan, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 44 km south |
| Station altitude | 698 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −47.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Lloydminster, 52 km |
How Vermilion compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Vermilion whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Vermilion with figures are 20–60 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermilion Fabyan | 23.5°C | −19.5°C | 425 mm |
| Vermilion River County 20 km · Lloydminster | 23.2°C about the same | −18.8°C 0.7°C milder | 424 mm |
| Elk Point 60 km · Cold Lake | 23.6°C about the same | −19.6°C about the same | 437 mm |
Vermilion 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 | −8.4°C | −19.5°C | −13.9°C | 20 mm | 19 cm |
| February | −5.7°C | −17.6°C | −11.7°C | 12 mm | 11 cm |
| March | 0.2°C | −11.6°C | −5.7°C | 16 mm | 15 cm |
| April | 9.8°C | −3.2°C | 3.3°C | 31 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 3.2°C | 10.2°C | 47 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.8°C | 8.3°C | 14.6°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 10.4°C | 17.2°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.0°C | 9.0°C | 16.0°C | 56 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.7°C | 3.7°C | 10.7°C | 35 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 9.3°C | −3.1°C | 3.1°C | 18 mm | 7 cm |
| November | −1.0°C | −10.9°C | −6.0°C | 18 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −7.1°C | −17.2°C | −12.2°C | 17 mm | 17 cm |
| Year | 8.3°C | −4.1°C | 2.1°C | 425 mm | 99 cm |
February has run from −47.5°C to 19.5°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 4.4°C around its normal of −11.7°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Vermilion’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Fabyan, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Vermilion’s climate
How warm does Vermilion get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 23.5°C.
How cold does Vermilion get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −19.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Vermilion get?
Around 425 mm a year in all, from 79 mm in June down to 12 mm in February.
Are these figures for Vermilion itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Fabyan; Vermilion has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Vermilion →
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).