Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Eau Claire, less than on 82% of Canadian towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −13.5°C on average. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of Canadian towns. Some 37°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Frost comes on about 193 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Calgary (Airport) (8.6 km north-east).
A year in Eau Claire at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Eau Claire’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Eau Claire feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 193 days, 20°C on 87
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. On about 22 nights a year the air falls below −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 445 mm a year
The most falls in June, the least in January. About 72 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 139 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from September to May, most of all in March (about 24 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Eau Claire
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. By this count, homes here need more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Eau Claire’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 119 days, roughly 21 May to 18 September.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 42 days a year.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 9 days a year.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Eau Claire’s hazards page covers the risks.
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 | 8.6 km north-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 | Queenstown, 91 km |
How Eau Claire 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Eau Claire’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 56–73 km from Eau Claire.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eau Claire Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C | −13.5°C | 445 mm |
| Carstairs 56 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 59 km · Queenstown | 25.0°C 1.5°C warmer | −13.7°C about the same | 412 mm |
Eau Claire weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the 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 |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 4.1°C of normal, against the steadier June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than December, between −38.2°C (1996) and 19.5°C (1999).
Where Eau Claire’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Calgary (Airport) (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Eau Claire’s climate
How warm does Eau Claire get in summer?
Expect highs near 23.5°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Eau Claire get in winter?
Lows sink to −13.5°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Eau Claire get?
445 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is June (113 mm); the driest, January (10 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 93 days a year.
Are these figures for Eau Claire itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Calgary (Airport), just outside Eau Claire’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Eau Claire →
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).