Less rain and snow fall on Kingsland than on 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 23.5°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. The year is lopsided: June gets about 11 times what January does. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 72 times a year.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Calgary (Airport) station, 15 km north.
A year in Kingsland at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kingsland’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Kingsland 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
From September to May snow is likely; March is the peak, at about 24 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Kingsland
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. By this count, homes here need more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kingsland’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 21 May to about 18 September, some 119 days in a normal year.
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 →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 42 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
About 9 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Kingsland’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Calgary (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Calgary (Airport) are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 15 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, 88 km |
How Kingsland 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 Kingsland’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Kingsland with figures are 58–74 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsland Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C | −13.5°C | 445 mm |
| Stoney 142, 143, 144 58 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 |
| Carstairs 63 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | −18.0°C 4.5°C colder | 496 mm |
Kingsland 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 |
From −38.2°C to 19.5°C: December’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 4.1°C around −5.9°C) and June least (1.1°C).
Where Kingsland’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Calgary (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Kingsland’s climate
How warm does Kingsland get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 23.5°C on a typical day.
How cold does Kingsland get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Kingsland 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 cover of 1 cm or more lasts about 93 days in a typical year.
Are these figures for Kingsland itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Calgary (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Kingsland.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kingsland →
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).