Chip Lake, Alberta Weather
Chip Lake, Alberta — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, ECCC alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Chip Lake in 32-53-10-W5.
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About Chip Lake, Alberta
Chip Lake is a locality in 32-53-10-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Chip Lake is located at 53.6167°N, 115.4403°W. It observes Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6). Postal code area: T0E.
Chip Lake rests as a shallow, expansive basin that gathers the quiet weight of the Alberta sky across its wide surface. It lies 53.2 km north-west of Drayton Valley, AB (from Drayton Valley, AB: bearing 325°T), and is situated 10.1 km east-south-east of MacKay. The Lobstick River feeds the landscape, carving a path through the low-lying terrain that characterizes this region. As evening approaches, the light stretches thin and amber over the reeds, turning the water into a dark mirror that holds the stillness of the surrounding woods. The air here carries a sharp, clean clarity, cooling quickly once the sun retreats behind the horizon and leaves the land to the settling shadows. Long before modern machinery arrived to work the soil, the proximity of the Lobstick River provided a vital corridor for those moving across the interior. Residents of Chip Lake maintain a lifestyle dictated by the seasonal shifts of the land, where the local economy leans into the quiet persistence of agriculture and the extraction of resources. While Pembina River Provincial Park sits at a distance, the people near Chip Lake find their own landmarks in the changing height of the water and the seasonal migration of birds. Life here moves with the deliberate patience of a harvest, grounded in the practicalities of a rural existence that values the solitude of the open horizon.
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| Location | Chip Lake, 32-53-10-W5, Alberta |
| Coordinates | 53.616667°N, 115.440278°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6) |
| Postal FSA | T0E |
| Area Code | 403, 587, 780, 825, 368 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Chip Lake, Alberta Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chip Lake, Alberta, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Chip Lake includes coordinates 53.616667°N, 115.440278°W, situated in 32-53-10-W5. Postal FSA: T0E. Telephone area code: 403, 587, 780, 825, 368. Timezone: Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6).
Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.