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Weather extremes

How extreme does Lethbridge's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Lethbridge has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–2024), from the Lethbridge Cda station 4 km away. Updated through April 2024 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Lethbridge has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Aug 10, 2018

That is about 25°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Lethbridge (typical high near 79°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Aug 10, 2018
2 101°F Aug 3, 2001
3 100°F Jul 10, 1973
❄️ Coldest night
-40°F Feb 2, 1996

About 54°F colder than a normal February night in Lethbridge (typical low near 14°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -40°F Feb 2, 1996
2 -39°F Jan 27, 1972
3 -38°F Feb 19, 1986
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.61 in Aug 23, 1979

More rain in a single day than Lethbridge usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 1.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.61 in Aug 23, 1979
2 3.49 in Aug 22, 1978
3 2.99 in Sep 10, 2005
Most snow in one day
16.0 in Mar 25, 1972

Close to a whole typical March's snow in one day (Lethbridge averages about 4 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 16.0 in Mar 25, 1972
2 14.0 in Mar 27, 1977
3 9.0 in Apr 27, 1974

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Lethbridge's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 104°F is about 25°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Lethbridge's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as −40°F. A single day has delivered over 4 inches of rain or close to 16 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 23 years of daily observations at Lethbridge Cda, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →