Leicester, Alberta Weather

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About Leicester, Alberta

Leicester is a locality in 3-78-16-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Leicester is located at 55.7233°N, 116.4064°W. It observes Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6). Postal code area: T8S.

Leicester rests upon the quiet, deliberate banks of the South Heart River, where the northern light stretches thin and pale across the horizon. It lies 32.8 km north of High Prairie, AB (from High Prairie, AB: bearing 10°T), and is situated 13.2 km north of Prairie Echo. The earth here holds a stubborn, singular stillness, defined by the low-lying terrain that drinks deeply from the seasonal thaw and the slow, persistent pulse of the waterway. During the brief, intense height of summer, the air carries the sharp, clean scent of damp silt and grasses, a fragrance that clings to the skin long after the sun dips below the tree line. Even when the shadows lengthen, the landscape retains a clarity of form, as if Leicester were listening to the water’s steady departure toward the north. The history of Leicester is marked by the pragmatic persistence of those who worked the surrounding timber and cleared the heavy brush to make way for modest, enduring homesteads. Industry here has always favored the quiet extraction of value from the land, leaving the rhythm of daily life to be dictated by the seasonal requirements of the soil and the shifting water levels of the South Heart River. While Winagami Lake Provincial Park sits nineteen kilometers away as a reminder of the broader, preserved wild, Leicester persists as a site of practical occupation, where the smoke from a chimney or the hum of an engine carries distinctly across the open fields. Life in Leicester maintains a focus on the immediate, grounded in the tasks that keep a household turning through the long, bright stretches of the year.

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Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 · Public domain · Sector code can (Canada / Northern U.S.) · Auto-updates on page reload

About This Leicester, Alberta Weather Page

This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leicester, 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 Leicester includes coordinates 55.723333°N, 116.406389°W, situated in 3-78-16-W5. Postal FSA: T8S. 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.