Camrose climate — normals and trends
Camrose (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.8 °C and it receives 457 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-13.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Camrose averages 188 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Camrose has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 18 July 1941) and the coldest -47.9 °C (on 13 January 2024).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CamroseAlberta
- coords
- 53.02°, -112.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.8°C
Average daily high
7.8°C
Average daily low
-2.4°C
Annual rainfall
457mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
19.5km/h
Seasonal range
30.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
188 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
77.3 cm
Average feels-like high
4.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.08 · p = 0.009
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.8 °C
18 July 1941
Coldest day
-47.9 °C
13 January 2024
Wettest day
91 mm
2 July 1982
Windiest day
58.3 km/h
31 January 2022
Strongest gust
100.4 km/h
13 April 1951
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
12 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-53.8 °C
13 January 2024
Snowiest day
20.1 cm
19 April 1961
Sunniest day
16.7 h
18 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 23 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | -11.3 °C | -5.3 °C | 5 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 0.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 38 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 12.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 10 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 58 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 20.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 66 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 21.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 66 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 24.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 90 mm | +28 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | +6.6 °C | 7 mm | -35 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 13 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 2.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 23 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | -9.5 °C | -2.8 °C | 49 mm | +32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Camrose?
Camrose has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.8 °C and it receives 457 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Camrose?
The hottest day measured in Camrose between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1941, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Camrose?
The coldest day measured in Camrose between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2024, at -47.9 °C.
Does it snow in Camrose?
Yes. Camrose gets on average 77.3 cm of snow per year and has around 188 frost days.
Has the climate of Camrose warmed?
Yes: Camrose warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Camrose?
The wettest day measured in Camrose between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1982, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Camrose?
The windiest day measured in Camrose between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2022, with winds reaching 58.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Camrose?
The warmest month in Camrose is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-13.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Camrose?
Camrose receives on average 457 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Camrose?
Camrose gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Camrose?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Camrose between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1961, with 20.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Camrose?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Camrose.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Camrose?
In Camrose, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 12 July 2002, and the lowest was -53.8 °C on 13 January 2024.
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