Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Fish Creek Park, less than on 82% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.5°C. June is the wettest month, January the driest. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. About 72 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Calgary (Airport) (22 km north).
A year in Fish Creek Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fish Creek Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Fish Creek Park feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 193 frosts and 87 warm days a year
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
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 139 cm in a normal 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 Fish Creek Park
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. A house here needs more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Fish Creek Park’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
From about 21 May to 18 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 119 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 42 days in a normal year.
Plan shade and water for about 9 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Fish Creek Park’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Calgary (Airport)
ECCC builds the Calgary (Airport) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 22 km north |
| 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, 85 km |
How Fish Creek Park 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 Fish Creek Park’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 60–71 km from Fish Creek Park.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Creek Park Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C | −13.5°C | 445 mm |
| Stoney 142, 143, 144 60 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 |
| Nanton 68 km · Claresholm | 25.2°C 1.7°C warmer | −13.2°C about the same | 428 mm |
| Carstairs 70 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | −18.0°C 4.5°C colder | 496 mm |
Fish Creek Park 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 |
December: −38.2°C at its coldest, 19.5°C at its warmest
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 4.1°C around −5.9°C) and June least (1.1°C).
Where Fish Creek Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Calgary (Airport): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Fish Creek Park’s climate
How warm does Fish Creek Park get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 23.5°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Fish Creek Park get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Fish Creek Park get?
The yearly total is about 445 mm. June gets 113 mm, the most of any month; January gets 10 mm, the least.
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 Fish Creek Park itself?
They are the normals for Calgary (Airport), measured just outside Fish Creek Park itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fish Creek Park →
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).