Photo: Enzenberger · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns get less rain and snow than Wetaskiwin: 378 mm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 23.1°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of 95% of Canadian towns. Of all months, July brings the most precipitation and February the least. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to August brings highs of 21–23°C.
These are not Wetaskiwin’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Camrose, 38 km east.
A year in Wetaskiwin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wetaskiwin’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Wetaskiwin feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 205 frosts and 87 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 39 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
378 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 72 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
127 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 24 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Camrose normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Edmonton (Airport), 41 km away.
Heating a home in Wetaskiwin
87% 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. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Wetaskiwin’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 20 May to about 14 September, some 117 days in a normal year.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 66 days a year here.
Count on some 13 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Wetaskiwin’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Camrose
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Camrose.
| Distance from the town | 38 km east |
| Station altitude | 739 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Edmonton (Airport), 41 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.3°C |
| Average wind | 12.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Edmonton (Airport), 41 km |
How Wetaskiwin 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 Wetaskiwin’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wetaskiwin Camrose | 23.1°C | −17.8°C | 378 mm |
| Ermineskin 138 14 km · Camrose | 23.1°C about the same | −17.8°C about the same | 378 mm |
| Millet 15 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C about the same | −18.1°C about the same | 434 mm |
Wetaskiwin 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 | −6.4°C | −17.8°C | −12.2°C | 19 mm | 24 cm |
| February | −4.0°C | −16.4°C | −10.2°C | 9 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 1.0°C | −10.6°C | −4.8°C | 16 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −2.4°C | 3.8°C | 27 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 3.4°C | 10.3°C | 40 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 8.1°C | 14.3°C | 72 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 23.1°C | 10.2°C | 16.7°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 8.7°C | 15.6°C | 44 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.4°C | 3.6°C | 10.5°C | 34 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 9.7°C | −2.7°C | 3.5°C | 18 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 0.1°C | −10.1°C | −5.0°C | 16 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −5.3°C | −16.2°C | −10.8°C | 10 mm | 16 cm |
| Year | 8.8°C | −3.5°C | 2.7°C | 378 mm | 127 cm |
March has run from −39.8°C to 25.1°C in thirty years
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 4.2°C around −10.2°C) and June least (1.0°C).
Where Wetaskiwin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Camrose, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Wetaskiwin’s climate
How warm does Wetaskiwin get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 23.1°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Wetaskiwin get in winter?
Overnight lows average −17.8°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Wetaskiwin get?
July is the wettest month at 73 mm and February the driest at 9 mm, for 378 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Wetaskiwin itself?
They come from Camrose, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Wetaskiwin.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wetaskiwin →
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).