Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Monterey Park, less than on 82% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.5°C. June is the wettest month, January the driest. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 80% of Canadian towns. Expect about 193 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Calgary (Airport) (6.8 km north-west).
A year in Monterey Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Monterey Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Monterey Park 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
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
The snow season runs September to May; March brings the most, about 24 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Monterey Park
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. A house here needs more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Monterey Park’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plant out after about 21 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 18 September, leaving roughly 119 days without frost.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 42 days a year.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 9 a year.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Monterey Park’s hazards page.
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 | 6.8 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 Monterey 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 Monterey Park’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 50–65 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Monterey Park.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey 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 54 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | −18.0°C 4.5°C colder | 496 mm |
| Stoney 142, 143, 144 65 km · Banff | 22.5°C 1.0°C cooler | −13.5°C about the same | 454 mm |
Monterey Park 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 |
A December here can run from −38.2°C to 19.5°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.1°C of the normal, −5.9°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where Monterey Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Calgary (Airport) (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Monterey Park’s climate
How warm does Monterey Park get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 23.5°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Monterey Park get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −13.5°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Monterey Park 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?
Around 93 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Monterey Park itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Calgary (Airport), just outside Monterey Park’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Monterey 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).