Climate and weather averages
What Edmonton's weather is normally like, month by month, from the official Environment Canada climate normals.
A climate normal is a thirty-year average, not a forecast and not last year. Comparing a normal against today’s weather is how you tell whether a day is unusual for the time of year. This page uses the 1981-2010 normals for EDMONTON CITY CENTRE A (Edmonton City Centre).
The year at a glance
Month by month
| Month | Mean °C | Daily high °C | Daily low °C | Rain mm | Snow cm | Precip mm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.4 | -6.0 | -14.8 | 1 | 25 | 22 |
| February | -7.6 | -2.7 | -12.4 | 1 | 13 | 12 |
| March | -2.5 | 2.2 | -7.2 | 2 | 17 | 16 |
| April | 5.4 | 11.2 | -0.5 | 15 | 15 | 29 |
| May | 11.5 | 17.5 | 5.4 | 41 | 5 | 46 |
| June | 15.5 | 21.0 | 9.9 | 77 | 0 | 77 |
| July | 17.7 | 23.1 | 12.3 | 94 | 0 | 94 |
| August | 16.9 | 22.6 | 11.3 | 62 | 0 | 62 |
| September | 11.4 | 17.1 | 5.8 | 42 | 1 | 43 |
| October | 5.1 | 10.4 | -0.2 | 11 | 12 | 22 |
| November | -4.1 | -0.0 | -8.2 | 2 | 19 | 18 |
| December | -8.8 | -4.5 | -13.1 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
The same station records an average of 2,345 hours of bright sunshine a year, and 123 days a year with measurable precipitation. Sunshine is measured with a recorder rather than estimated from cloud cover, which is why some stations — Halifax among them — do not publish it.
Frost and the growing season
The frost-free period averages 135 days a year at this station. The last frost of spring falls around day 129 of the year and the first frost of autumn around day 265. Days are counted from 1 January.
Official sources
- Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 — EDMONTON CITY CENTRE A
- Environment Canada — current conditions and forecast
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