ClimateExplore the planning map
Climate · Smoky Lake

Smoky Lake in February

Cold and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Smoky Lake is cold: highs near 24°F, lows near 4°F. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 23 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Smoky Lake is cold: highs near -4°C, lows near -16°C. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 23 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
24°F-4°Caverage
Low
4°F-16°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 18% of days
Daylight
9h 39mon average

Is February a good time to visit Smoky Lake?

February sits outside Smoky Lake's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 24°F in February, against 19°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near -4°C in February, against -7°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

18% of days in February, against 17% to 46% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in February, against 48% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

9h 39m in February, against 7h 26m to 17h 04m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. January19°-7°low 1°low -17°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. February24°-4°low 4°low -16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. March33°1°low 12°low -11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Smoky Lake sits, in February

America/Edmonton
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
7:52 AMsets 5:36 PM
Above the sea
580 mlow-lying
Latitude
54.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Banff388 km south-west

The land around Smoky Lake, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Canada in February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Smoky Lake

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Smoky Lake. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.