Whitecourt is a weather station located 782 m above sea level, 6 km from Whitecourt. Its records go back to 1945: 70 years of temperature are available up to 2015, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2015. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 2.9 °C, clearly higher than over 1961–1990 (1.8 °C): a difference of 1.2 °C. The warmest year of the series is 1987 (4.7 °C) and the coldest 1950 (−1.3 °C). The last complete year, 2015, ranks 3 out of 70, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2015, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.46 °C per decade. The station ranks 7 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1945
The first ten years of the series (1945–1954) average 0.7 °C; the last ten (2006–2015) average 3.0 °C, a difference of +2.3 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 4 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1987 (4.7 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 3.2 °C (2006) and bottoms out at 0.5 °C (1957).
Monthly normals: 1961–1990 against 1991–2020
The table compares, month by month, the mean temperature and the rainfall total of two thirty-year reference periods. The difference column shows what the recent period changes compared with the earlier one.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −13.9 °C | −11.4 °C | +2.5 °C | – | – | – |
| February | −9.6 °C | −7.5 °C | +2.1 °C | – | – | – |
| March | −4.3 °C | −3.2 °C | +1.1 °C | – | – | – |
| April | 3.5 °C | 4.2 °C | +0.7 °C | – | – | – |
| May | 9.4 °C | 9.8 °C | +0.4 °C | – | – | – |
| June | 13.2 °C | 13.8 °C | +0.6 °C | – | – | – |
| July | 15.2 °C | 16.2 °C | +1.0 °C | – | – | – |
| August | 14.1 °C | 15.1 °C | +1.0 °C | – | – | – |
| September | 9.0 °C | 10.5 °C | +1.5 °C | – | – | – |
| October | 3.8 °C | 3.8 °C | 0.0 °C | – | – | – |
| November | −6.4 °C | −5.1 °C | +1.3 °C | – | – | – |
| December | −12.7 °C | −10.8 °C | +1.9 °C | – | – | – |
The largest temperature change is in January (+2.5 °C) and the smallest in October (0.0 °C); over the year the mean difference is +1.2 °C, and 11 months out of twelve are warmer than before.
Records at Whitecourt
- Warmest year: 4.7 °C, in 1987
- Coldest year: −1.3 °C, in 1950
- Warmest month: 18.8 °C, in July 2007
- Coldest month: −28.9 °C, in January 1969
6.0 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Daily records are not part of the dataset for this station: only annual and monthly extremes are shown.
Temperature trend over 1961–2015
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.46 °C per decade between 1961 and 2015, about +2.5 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.21 °C per decade: the station ranks 7 out of 240.
Data source and licence
Data source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (dataset “AHCCD (ahccd-monthly) + climate-daily”), licence Open Government Licence – Canada. Last updated: 29 October 2026.
The data for Whitecourt are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 240 stations in Canada: the overview page lets you compare them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the annual mean temperature at Whitecourt?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Whitecourt is 2.9 °C. It was 1.8 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +1.2 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Whitecourt?
Since records began in 1945, the warmest year at Whitecourt is 1987, at 4.7 °C on average. The coldest is 1950 (−1.3 °C).
Is the climate at Whitecourt getting warmer?
Yes: at Whitecourt, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.46 °C per decade between 1961 and 2015, +2.5 °C in total. 4 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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