Lloydminster climate — normals and trends
Lloydminster (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.8 °C and it receives 433 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Lloydminster averages 195 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Lloydminster has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 27 June 2002) and the coldest -44.6 °C (on 14 January 1950).
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
LloydminsterAlberta
- coords
- 53.27°, -110.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.8°C
Average daily high
6.8°C
Average daily low
-3.3°C
Annual rainfall
433mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
21.3km/h
Seasonal range
32.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
195 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
74.7 cm
Average feels-like high
2.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.07 · p = 0.018
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
36.9 °C
27 June 2002
Coldest day
-44.6 °C
14 January 1950
Wettest day
75 mm
28 July 1959
Windiest day
74.7 km/h
15 January 2014
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
15 January 2014
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
18 July 1941
Coldest feels-like
-50.6 °C
31 January 1969
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
27 April 1991
Sunniest day
16.7 h
22 June 2025
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 | -7.0 °C | +4.6 °C | 11 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | -13.8 °C | -5.0 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | -1.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 29 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 10.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 9 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 25 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 20.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 76 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 21.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 45 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 24.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 62 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +5.8 °C | 5 mm | -34 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 25 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 0.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 28 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | -12.6 °C | -3.4 °C | 46 mm | +30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lloydminster?
Lloydminster has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.8 °C and it receives 433 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lloydminster?
The hottest day measured in Lloydminster between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2002, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lloydminster?
The coldest day measured in Lloydminster between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1950, at -44.6 °C.
Does it snow in Lloydminster?
Yes. Lloydminster gets on average 74.7 cm of snow per year and has around 195 frost days.
Has the climate of Lloydminster warmed?
Yes: Lloydminster warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lloydminster?
The wettest day measured in Lloydminster between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1959, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lloydminster?
The windiest day measured in Lloydminster between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 2014, with winds reaching 74.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lloydminster?
The warmest month in Lloydminster is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Lloydminster?
Lloydminster receives on average 433 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lloydminster?
Lloydminster 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 Lloydminster?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lloydminster between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1991, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lloydminster?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lloydminster.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lloydminster?
In Lloydminster, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 18 July 1941, and the lowest was -50.6 °C on 31 January 1969.
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