Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.0Barrhead is among the frostiest of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 23.5°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 43°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Have the furnace checked before October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Barrhead itself; the figures are those of Campsie, 18 km west.
A year in Barrhead at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Barrhead’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Barrhead feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 216 days, 20°C on 87
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 42 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 466 mm a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 82 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 128 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 29 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Barrhead
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. A house here needs more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Barrhead’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plant out after about 1 June; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 1 September, leaving roughly 91 days without frost.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Barrhead’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Campsie
Campsie is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 18 km west |
| Station altitude | 671 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −47.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Edmonton (City), 85 km |
How Barrhead compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Barrhead whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 45–69 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Barrhead.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrhead Campsie | 23.5°C | −19.0°C | 466 mm |
| Alexander 134 45 km · Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C about the same | −14.7°C 4.3°C milder | 423 mm |
| Legal 57 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 1.2°C milder | 473 mm |
| Wabamun 133A 68 km · Breton | 23.1°C about the same | −15.2°C 3.8°C milder | 499 mm |
Barrhead weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.6°C | −19.0°C | −12.8°C | 27 mm | 29 cm |
| February | −3.1°C | −16.9°C | −10.0°C | 15 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 1.8°C | −11.2°C | −4.7°C | 18 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −3.1°C | 3.7°C | 30 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 2.5°C | 10.1°C | 47 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 20.9°C | 7.3°C | 14.1°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 9.7°C | 16.6°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 8.1°C | 15.3°C | 57 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.6°C | 2.9°C | 10.3°C | 36 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.6°C | −2.9°C | 3.4°C | 23 mm | 10 cm |
| November | −0.1°C | −10.7°C | −5.3°C | 25 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −5.8°C | −17.5°C | −11.7°C | 19 mm | 20 cm |
| Year | 9.0°C | −4.2°C | 2.4°C | 466 mm | 128 cm |
December varies most from one year to the next (4.4°C), June least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in January: a low of −47.5°C in 2008 and a high of 20.5°C in 2009.
Where Barrhead’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Campsie from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Barrhead’s climate
How warm does Barrhead get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.5°C.
How cold does Barrhead get in winter?
Lows sink to −19.0°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Barrhead get?
About 466 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (86 mm) and February the driest (15 mm).
Are these figures for Barrhead itself?
No, the station behind them is Campsie, beyond Barrhead’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Barrhead →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).