Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Edgemont, less than on 82% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 23.5°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 80% of Canadian towns. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and January the least. The furnace earns its keep from October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Calgary (Airport) station, 9.3 km east.
A year in Edgemont at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Edgemont’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Edgemont 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
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. Some 22 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
445 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Some 72 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
139 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from September to May, with about 24 cm in March, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Edgemont
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. That means homes here need more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Edgemont’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
A normal year gives the garden about 119 frost-free days, roughly 21 May to 18 September.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →About 42 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 9 days a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Edgemont’s hazards page.
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 | 9.3 km 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 Edgemont compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Edgemont’s would only repeat its figures. Edgemont has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 47–68 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgemont Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C | −13.5°C | 445 mm |
| Carstairs 47 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | −18.0°C 4.5°C colder | 496 mm |
| Stoney 142, 143, 144 50 km · Banff | 22.5°C 1.0°C cooler | −13.5°C about the same | 454 mm |
| Wheatland County 65 km · Queenstown | 25.0°C 1.5°C warmer | −13.7°C about the same | 412 mm |
Edgemont 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 |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.1°C; June the least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than December, between −38.2°C (1996) and 19.5°C (1999).
Where Edgemont’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: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Edgemont’s climate
How warm does Edgemont get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 23.5°C.
How cold does Edgemont get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Edgemont get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 445 mm; the range runs from 10 mm in January to 113 mm in June.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 93 days a year.
Are these figures for Edgemont itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Calgary (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Edgemont.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Edgemont →
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).