Queensland is drier than 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm of rain and snow a year
Expect July afternoons of about 23.5°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of Canadian towns. June is the wettest month here, with about 11 times the rain and snow of January. Homes need heating from October to May, the months averaging under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Calgary (Airport) location, 20 km north.
A year in Queensland at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Queensland’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Queensland 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
Rain and melted snow: about 445 mm a year
About 72 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 139 cm in a normal 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 Queensland
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. By this count, homes here need more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Queensland’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.
For long days outdoors, Jul and Aug bring 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.
The humidex tops 30 on about 9 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Queensland’s risks.
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 | 20 km north |
| 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, 82 km |
How Queensland 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 Queensland’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 56–69 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Queensland.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C | −13.5°C | 445 mm |
| Wheatland County 56 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 |
| Nanton 68 km · Claresholm | 25.2°C 1.7°C warmer | −13.2°C about the same | 428 mm |
| Carstairs 69 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | −18.0°C 4.5°C colder | 496 mm |
Queensland weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the 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 Queensland’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: 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, 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 Queensland’s climate
How warm does Queensland get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 23.5°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Queensland get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Queensland get?
Precipitation totals 445 mm a year, with June the wettest month (113 mm) and January the driest (10 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 93 days a year.
Are these figures for Queensland itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Calgary (Airport), just outside Queensland’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Queensland →
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).