Photo: Thelma A Phillips · CC BY-SA 3.0Summer arrives softly in Alberton, cooler than in 93% of Canadian towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about −9.4°C. Seasons differ by 33°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 71% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 120 times a year.
ECCC publishes no normals for Alberton itself; the figures are those of North Cape, 28 km north.
A year in Alberton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Alberton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island beside it.
What a year in Alberton feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Rain and melted snow: about 1,002 mm a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. 12th wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s North Cape normals leave precipitation out; the figures here come from Bouctouche, 68 km away.
292 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from November to May, most of all in January (about 67 cm). 2nd snowiest of 13 towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
North Cape publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from New Glasgow, 71 km away.
Living with Alberton’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Count on some 32 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
The humidex tops 30 on about 22 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Alberton’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: North Cape
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for North Cape.
| Distance from the town | 28 km north |
| Station altitude | 8 m |
| Completeness | at least 15 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Bouctouche, 68 km |
| Snowfall from | New Glasgow, 71 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.0°C |
| Average wind | 24.7 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Summerside, 45 km |
How Alberton 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 on Prince Edward Island.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Alberton’s would only repeat its figures.
Alberton 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 | −3.4°C | −9.4°C | −6.7°C | 72 mm | 67 cm |
| February | −3.7°C | −10.3°C | −7.0°C | 59 mm | 65 cm |
| March | −0.3°C | −6.4°C | −3.3°C | 79 mm | 50 cm |
| April | 5.3°C | −0.6°C | 2.4°C | 69 mm | 24 cm |
| May | 11.5°C | 4.9°C | 8.2°C | 93 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 17.5°C | 10.7°C | 14.2°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.8°C | 15.8°C | 19.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 16.2°C | 19.4°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.4°C | 12.5°C | 15.5°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.2°C | 7.5°C | 9.9°C | 106 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.4°C | 1.4°C | 3.9°C | 92 mm | 19 cm |
| December | 1.1°C | −4.1°C | −1.5°C | 86 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | 3.2°C | 6.2°C | 1,002 mm | 292 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (2.4°C), September least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in January: a low of −24.7°C in 2004 and a high of 14.1°C in 2013.
Where Alberton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for North Cape from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Alberton’s climate
How warm does Alberton get in summer?
Afternoons average 22.8°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Alberton get in winter?
Deep winter means February, when nights average −10.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Alberton get?
About 1,002 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. October is the wettest month (106 mm) and February the driest (59 mm).
Are these figures for Alberton itself?
They come from North Cape, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Alberton.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Alberton →
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).