Less rain and snow fall on Coventry Hills than on 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year
January nights here settle around −13.5°C. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and January the least. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 80% of Canadian towns. About 72 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Calgary (Airport) station, 5.9 km south-east.
A year in Coventry Hills at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Coventry Hills’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Coventry Hills feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 193 days, 20°C on 87
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 22 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 445 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 139 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs September to May; March brings the most, about 24 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Coventry Hills
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Coventry Hills’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 21 May and the first autumn frost around 18 September: about 119 frost-free days between.
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 →Expect around 42 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Summer brings about 9 days when the humidex passes 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Coventry Hills’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Calgary (Airport)
Calgary (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 5.9 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 1,099 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 13.8 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Sundre, 81 km |
How Coventry Hills 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 Coventry Hills’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 43–65 km from Coventry Hills.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry Hills Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C | −13.5°C | 445 mm |
| Carstairs 43 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | −18.0°C 4.5°C colder | 496 mm |
| Stoney 142, 143, 144 56 km · Banff | 22.5°C 1.0°C cooler | −13.5°C about the same | 454 mm |
| Wheatland County 60 km · Queenstown | 25.0°C 1.5°C warmer | −13.7°C about the same | 412 mm |
Coventry Hills weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.5°C | −13.5°C | −7.6°C | 10 mm | 17 cm |
| February | 0.1°C | −11.8°C | −5.9°C | 12 mm | 17 cm |
| March | 3.8°C | −8.1°C | −2.2°C | 18 mm | 24 cm |
| April | 10.8°C | −1.9°C | 4.5°C | 30 mm | 23 cm |
| May | 16.4°C | 3.4°C | 9.9°C | 61 mm | 10 cm |
| June | 19.7°C | 7.7°C | 13.7°C | 113 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 10.2°C | 16.9°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.1°C | 9.2°C | 16.2°C | 54 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.3°C | 4.7°C | 11.5°C | 37 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | −1.3°C | 4.9°C | 17 mm | 12 cm |
| November | 4.1°C | −7.5°C | −1.7°C | 16 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −0.4°C | −12.1°C | −6.3°C | 13 mm | 16 cm |
| Year | 10.8°C | −1.8°C | 4.5°C | 445 mm | 139 cm |
December has run from −38.2°C to 19.5°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.1°C from −5.9°C. June moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Coventry Hills’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Calgary (Airport), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Coventry Hills’s climate
How warm does Coventry Hills get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.5°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Coventry Hills get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Coventry Hills get?
June is the wettest month at 113 mm and January the driest at 10 mm, for 445 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 93 days a year.
Are these figures for Coventry Hills itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Calgary (Airport), just outside Coventry Hills’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Coventry Hills →
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).