Ranchlands is drier than 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm of rain and snow a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 23.5°C on average. The wettest month is June; the driest is January. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season, with highs of 23–24°C, runs through July and August.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Calgary (Airport) station, 12 km east.
A year in Ranchlands at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Ranchlands’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Ranchlands feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
193 frost days and 87 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 22 nights a year.
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
On about 72 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 139 cm of snow a 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 Ranchlands
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. Homes here need more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Ranchlands’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 21 May until frost returns near 18 September: about 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.
On some 9 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Ranchlands’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
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 | 12 km east |
| 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 | Sundre, 81 km |
How Ranchlands 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
Places around Ranchlands whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Ranchlands with figures are 47–68 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchlands Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C | −13.5°C | 445 mm |
| Stoney 142, 143, 144 47 km · Banff | 22.5°C 1.0°C cooler | −13.5°C about the same | 454 mm |
| Carstairs 49 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | −18.0°C 4.5°C colder | 496 mm |
| Wheatland County 68 km · Queenstown | 25.0°C 1.5°C warmer | −13.7°C about the same | 412 mm |
Ranchlands weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
In December, anything from −38.2°C to 19.5°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±4.1°C around −5.9°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.1°C).
Where Ranchlands’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Calgary (Airport), the nearest location with a full year 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 Ranchlands’s climate
How warm does Ranchlands get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.5°C.
How cold does Ranchlands get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Ranchlands get?
Count on roughly 445 mm a year, heaviest in June (113 mm) and lightest in January (10 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 93 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Ranchlands itself?
They are the normals for Calgary (Airport), measured just outside Ranchlands itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Ranchlands →
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).