Photo: Amqui · CC BY-SA 4.0Few Canadian towns get more frosts than Wainwright No. 61
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 23.5°C on average. Winter and summer sit 43°C apart. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 86% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Fabyan station, 21 km north-west.
A year in Wainwright No. 61 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wainwright No. 61’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Wainwright No. 61 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
213 frost days and 88 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
The most falls in June, the least in February. About 74 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
99 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 19 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Wainwright No. 61
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Wainwright No. 61’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Wainwright No. 61’s hazards page covers the risks.
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 | 21 km north-west |
| 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, 77 km |
How Wainwright No. 61 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Wainwright No. 61’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 56–76 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Wainwright No. 61.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwright No. 61 Fabyan | 23.5°C | −19.5°C | 425 mm |
| Provost No. 52 56 km · Coronation | 23.8°C about the same | −18.8°C 0.7°C milder | 339 mm |
| Provost 64 km · Esther | 25.9°C 2.4°C warmer | −17.9°C 1.6°C milder | 425 mm |
| Flagstaff County 68 km · Forestburg Plant Site | 24.4°C 0.9°C warmer | −15.4°C 4.1°C milder | 407 mm |
| Vermilion River County 70 km · Lloydminster | 23.2°C about the same | −18.8°C 0.7°C milder | 424 mm |
Wainwright No. 61 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 |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 4.4°C; the steadiest, June
February has the widest record range, −47.5°C in 1994 to 19.5°C in 2018; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Wainwright No. 61’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Fabyan, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Wainwright No. 61’s climate
How warm does Wainwright No. 61 get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.5°C.
How cold does Wainwright No. 61 get in winter?
Lows sink to −19.5°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Wainwright No. 61 get?
Some 425 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (79 mm), the least in February (12 mm).
Are these figures for Wainwright No. 61 itself?
Yes: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Fabyan, which is in Wainwright No. 61.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wainwright No. 61 →
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