Photo: Hero122. Original uploader was Hero122 at en.wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Few Canadian towns get less rain and snow than Warner County No. 5: 373 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 26.3°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 63% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in February. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 175 days a year at 0°C or below.
No ECCC station in Warner County No. 5 has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Lethbridge, 37 km north-west, instead.
A year in Warner County No. 5 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Warner County No. 5’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Warner County No. 5 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 175 frosts and 112 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 22 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 373 mm a year
Some 69 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 108 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from August to May, most of all in March (about 18 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Warner County No. 5
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C.
Living with Warner County No. 5’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
From about 21 May to 17 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 118 days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 41 days with a wind chill below −20.
Summer brings about 24 days when the humidex passes 30.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Warner County No. 5’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lethbridge
ECCC builds the Lethbridge normals from 4 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 37 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 929 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 40.1°C |
| Average wind | 17.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Milk River, 41 km |
How Warner County No. 5 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Warner County No. 5’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Warner County No. 5 with figures are 40–64 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warner County No. 5 Lethbridge | 26.3°C | −12.1°C | 373 mm |
| Barnwell 40 km · Vauxhall | 26.8°C 0.5°C warmer | −14.1°C 2.0°C colder | 373 mm |
| Cardston County 62 km · Carway | 24.0°C 2.3°C cooler | −10.9°C 1.2°C milder | 534 mm |
Warner County No. 5 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 | 0.1°C | −12.1°C | −6.0°C | 11 mm | 13 cm |
| February | 1.7°C | −11.0°C | −4.6°C | 10 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 6.4°C | −6.8°C | −0.2°C | 17 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 12.6°C | −1.3°C | 5.7°C | 28 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 18.2°C | 3.9°C | 11.1°C | 57 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 21.8°C | 8.3°C | 15.1°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.3°C | 10.5°C | 18.4°C | 40 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.3°C | 9.4°C | 17.9°C | 33 mm | 1 cm |
| September | 21.0°C | 5.3°C | 13.2°C | 32 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 13.3°C | −0.6°C | 6.4°C | 24 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | −6.6°C | −0.5°C | 16 mm | 16 cm |
| December | 0.7°C | −11.2°C | −5.3°C | 12 mm | 15 cm |
| Year | 12.8°C | −1.0°C | 5.9°C | 373 mm | 108 cm |
From −38.0°C to 26.8°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 4.8°C around its normal of −4.6°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.2°C.
Where Warner County No. 5’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Lethbridge, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Warner County No. 5’s climate
How warm does Warner County No. 5 get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 26.3°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Warner County No. 5 get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −12.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Warner County No. 5 get?
The year adds up to 373 mm. June is the peak month (93 mm) and February the low one (10 mm).
Are these figures for Warner County No. 5 itself?
They are borrowed from Lethbridge, the nearest place to Warner County No. 5 where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Warner County No. 5 →
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).