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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Alma, Canada
Alma climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean4°day and night
Seasonal swing34°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation981 mm163 wet days a year
48.55° N, 71.65° WElevation 90 mUTC−4 · Eastern Daylight Time
When to goAlma · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low10° / 3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Alma has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -10° and lows of -20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 34°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 981 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (119 mm, 18 wet days) and January the driest (62 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in July to 56% in November.
Compared with Ottawa, the capital, Alma is 2.4° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- -20° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- July · 37% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 06 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 19 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -10° | -7° | -1° | 7° | 16° | 22° | 24° | 23° | 18° | 10° | 3° | -5° |
| Average low | -20° | -18° | -11° | -3° | 4° | 11° | 14° | 14° | 9° | 3° | -4° | -13° |
| Precipitation | 62 mm | 54 mm | 49 mm | 63 mm | 79 mm | 94 mm | 119 mm | 98 mm | 112 mm | 93 mm | 83 mm | 75 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9.7 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 12 | 12.2 | 15.8 | 17.8 | 15 | 12.2 | 14 | 15.7 | 14 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 50% | 48% | 48% | 44% | 39% | 37% | 37% | 43% | 49% | 56% | 55% |
| Daylight | 8h 45 | 10h 13 | 11h 51 | 13h 41 | 15h 14 | 16h 06 | 15h 44 | 14h 22 | 12h 37 | 10h 52 | 9h 13 | 8h 19 |
| Month score | 26 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 54 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 17 | 14 | 15 |
ivMonth by month
Alma in every month
January26
-10° / -20°
62 mm · 9.7 wet days
February22
-7° / -18°
54 mm · 11.8 wet days
March20
-1° / -11°
49 mm · 12.8 wet days
April22
7° / -3°
63 mm · 12 wet days
May54
16° / 4°
79 mm · 12.2 wet days
June63
22° / 11°
94 mm · 15.8 wet days
July64
24° / 14°
119 mm · 17.8 wet days
August64
23° / 14°
98 mm · 15 wet days
September66
18° / 9°
112 mm · 12.2 wet days
October17
10° / 3°
93 mm · 14 wet days
November14
3° / -4°
83 mm · 15.7 wet days
December15
-5° / -13°
75 mm · 14 wet days