Precipitation in Marlborough Park trails that of 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.5°C. Seasons differ by 37°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 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, 7.8 km north-west.
A year in Marlborough Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Marlborough Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Marlborough Park 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. 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
About 445 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in June, the least in January.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 139 cm of snow a 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 Marlborough Park
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. Homes here need more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Marlborough Park’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 21 May until frost returns near 18 September: about 119 days.
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 →About 42 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 9 a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Marlborough Park’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 | 7.8 km north-west |
| 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 Marlborough Park 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Marlborough Park’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 50–68 km from Marlborough Park.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlborough Park Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C | −13.5°C | 445 mm |
| Wheatland County 50 km · Queenstown | 25.0°C 1.5°C warmer | −13.7°C about the same | 412 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 64 km · Banff | 22.5°C 1.0°C cooler | −13.5°C about the same | 454 mm |
Marlborough Park 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 |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 4.1°C of normal, against the steadier June
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; December’s run from −38.2°C in 1996 to 19.5°C in 1999.
Where Marlborough Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Calgary (Airport), its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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 (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Marlborough Park’s climate
How warm does Marlborough Park get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.5°C.
How cold does Marlborough Park get in winter?
January nights average −13.5°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Marlborough Park 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?
Count on about 93 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Marlborough Park itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Calgary (Airport), just outside Marlborough Park’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Marlborough 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).