Pineridge is drier than 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm of rain and snow a year
Nights in January average −13.5°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 37°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of Canadian towns. Comfortable outdoor weather, highs of 23–24°C, belongs to July and August.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Calgary (Airport) location, 6.8 km north-west.
A year in Pineridge at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Pineridge’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Pineridge feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
193 frost days and 87 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. 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
Rain and melted snow: about 445 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; January, the least. On about 72 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
139 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from September to May, most of all in March (about 24 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Pineridge
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Pineridge’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Wait until about 21 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 18 September, about 119 days later.
For long days outdoors, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 42 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
A humidex above 30 marks about 9 days in a normal year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Pineridge: the 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 | 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 Pineridge 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 Pineridge’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Pineridge with figures are 50–66 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pineridge 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 64 km · Banff | 22.5°C 1.0°C cooler | −13.5°C about the same | 454 mm |
Pineridge 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
Over 1991–2020, December saw both −38.2°C (1996) and 19.5°C (1999), the widest span of any month.
Where Pineridge’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: 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: 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 Pineridge’s climate
How warm does Pineridge get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 23.5°C.
How cold does Pineridge get in winter?
January nights average −13.5°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Pineridge get?
Around 445 mm a year in all, from 113 mm in June down to 10 mm in January.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 93 days a year.
Are these figures for Pineridge itself?
Nearly: Calgary (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Pineridge’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Pineridge →
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).