Penbrooke Meadows is drier than 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm of rain and snow a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.5°C. A year here swings 37°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 72 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Read at Calgary (Airport), 9.5 km north-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Penbrooke Meadows at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Penbrooke Meadows’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Penbrooke Meadows feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 193 frosts and 87 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost 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
Rain and melted snow: about 445 mm a year
June is the wettest month and January the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
139 cm of snow in a typical 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 Penbrooke Meadows
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. A house here needs more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Penbrooke Meadows’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Between the last frost, near 21 May, and the first, near 18 September, lie about 119 frost-free days.
Plan time outside for Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 42 days a year here.
About 9 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Penbrooke Meadows’s.
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 | 9.5 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, 83 km |
How Penbrooke Meadows 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Penbrooke Meadows’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 50–69 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Penbrooke Meadows.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penbrooke Meadows 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 58 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 |
Penbrooke Meadows 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 February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.1°C; the steadiest month is June
Over 1991–2020, December saw both −38.2°C (1996) and 19.5°C (1999), the widest span of any month.
Where Penbrooke Meadows’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 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Penbrooke Meadows’s climate
How warm does Penbrooke Meadows get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 23.5°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Penbrooke Meadows get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Penbrooke Meadows get?
The year adds up to 445 mm. June is the peak month (113 mm) and January the low one (10 mm).
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 Penbrooke Meadows itself?
They are the normals for Calgary (Airport), measured just outside Penbrooke Meadows itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Penbrooke Meadows →
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).