Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Springbank Hill, less than on 82% of Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −13.5°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of Canadian towns. Some 37°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 193 days a year at 0°C or below.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Calgary (Airport) (17 km north-east).
A year in Springbank Hill at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Springbank Hill’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Springbank Hill 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
About 445 mm of rain and snow a year
June is the wettest month and January the driest. 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
Snowfall: about 139 cm in a normal 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 Springbank Hill
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Springbank Hill’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Count on about 119 frost-free days: the last frost averages 21 May, the first 18 September.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 42 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
About 9 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Springbank Hill’s hazards page.
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 | 17 km north-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, 90 km |
How Springbank Hill 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 Springbank Hill’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 48–71 km from Springbank Hill.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springbank Hill Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C | −13.5°C | 445 mm |
| Stoney 142, 143, 144 48 km · Banff | 22.5°C 1.0°C cooler | −13.5°C about the same | 454 mm |
| Carstairs 59 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | −18.0°C 4.5°C colder | 496 mm |
| Wheatland County 67 km · Queenstown | 25.0°C 1.5°C warmer | −13.7°C about the same | 412 mm |
Springbank Hill 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 |
From year to year, February moves by 4.1°C, more than any month, and June least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in December: a low of −38.2°C in 1996 and a high of 19.5°C in 1999.
Where Springbank Hill’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: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Springbank Hill’s climate
How warm does Springbank Hill get in summer?
Highs reach 23.5°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Springbank Hill get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Springbank Hill get?
Some 445 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (113 mm), the least in January (10 mm).
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 Springbank Hill itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Calgary (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Springbank Hill.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Springbank Hill →
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).