Precipitation in Martindale trails that of 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −13.5°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in January. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 193 days a year at 0°C or below.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Calgary (Airport) station, 3.7 km west.
A year in Martindale at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Martindale’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Martindale feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
193 frost days and 87 days above 20°C a year
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
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
About 139 cm of snow a 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 Martindale
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. Homes here need more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Martindale’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
From about 21 May to 18 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 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 →Roughly 42 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Expect around 9 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Martindale’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 | 3.7 km 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, 89 km |
How Martindale 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
Places around Martindale whose figures come from another normals location. Martindale has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 50–68 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martindale Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C | −13.5°C | 445 mm |
| Carstairs 50 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | −18.0°C 4.5°C colder | 496 mm |
| Wheatland County 52 km · Queenstown | 25.0°C 1.5°C warmer | −13.7°C about the same | 412 mm |
| Stoney 142, 143, 144 63 km · Banff | 22.5°C 1.0°C cooler | −13.5°C about the same | 454 mm |
Martindale weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| 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
December has the widest record range, −38.2°C in 1996 to 19.5°C in 1999; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Martindale’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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Martindale’s climate
How warm does Martindale get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.5°C.
How cold does Martindale get in winter?
January nights average −13.5°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Martindale get?
Some 445 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (113 mm), the least in January (10 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 93 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Martindale itself?
Nearly: Calgary (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Martindale’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Martindale →
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).