Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Bassano is drier than 94% of Canadian towns: 412 mm of rain and snow a year
Nights in January average −13.7°C. Winter and summer sit 39°C apart. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 89% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 73 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
These are not Bassano’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Queenstown, 42 km south-west.
A year in Bassano at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bassano’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Bassano feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 197 frosts and 102 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. Some 24 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
About 412 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in June, the least in February.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 105 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs September to May; March brings the most, about 18 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Bassano
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Bassano’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
On average the last spring frost comes around 19 May and the first autumn frost around 20 September: about 123 frost-free days between.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A typical year is calm by definition; Bassano’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Queenstown
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Queenstown.
| Distance from the town | 42 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 940 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Brooks, 50 km |
How Bassano compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Bassano’s would only repeat its figures. The one place listed is 40 km from Bassano, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bassano Queenstown | 25.0°C | −13.7°C | 412 mm |
| Duchess 40 km · Brooks | 26.9°C 1.9°C warmer | −15.7°C 2.0°C colder | 299 mm |
Bassano weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.9°C | −13.7°C | −7.8°C | 14 mm | 14 cm |
| February | −0.5°C | −12.5°C | −6.5°C | 14 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 4.5°C | −8.1°C | −1.8°C | 19 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | −2.2°C | 4.7°C | 33 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 3.4°C | 10.5°C | 62 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 21.1°C | 8.0°C | 14.6°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 10.5°C | 17.8°C | 54 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.6°C | 9.5°C | 17.1°C | 50 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 19.5°C | 4.6°C | 12.1°C | 33 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 12.3°C | −1.7°C | 5.3°C | 18 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 4.1°C | −7.8°C | −1.8°C | 18 mm | 15 cm |
| December | −0.7°C | −12.4°C | −6.7°C | 15 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | −1.9°C | 4.8°C | 412 mm | 105 cm |
From −35.5°C to 26.0°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 5.0°C around −6.5°C) and June least (0.9°C).
Where Bassano’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Queenstown, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Bassano’s climate
How warm does Bassano get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 25.0°C.
How cold does Bassano get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −13.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Bassano get?
The year adds up to 412 mm. June is the peak month (82 mm) and February the low one (14 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 4 days a year.
Are these figures for Bassano itself?
Not exactly. Bassano lacks a normals station, so Queenstown supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bassano →
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).