Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Spruce Cliff, less than on 82% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.5°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Expect the most rain and snow in June and the least in January. The furnace earns its keep from October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Calgary (Airport) station, 12 km north-east.
A year in Spruce Cliff at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Spruce Cliff’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Spruce Cliff 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
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. 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
Rain and melted snow: about 445 mm a year
On about 72 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 139 cm in a normal year
From September to May snow is likely; March is the peak, at about 24 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Spruce Cliff
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Spruce Cliff’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.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Expect around 42 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
About 9 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Spruce Cliff: the 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 | 12 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 Spruce Cliff 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
Places around Spruce Cliff whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 52–72 km from Spruce Cliff.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Cliff Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C | −13.5°C | 445 mm |
| Stoney 142, 143, 144 52 km · Banff | 22.5°C 1.0°C cooler | −13.5°C about the same | 454 mm |
| Carstairs 56 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | −18.0°C 4.5°C colder | 496 mm |
| Wheatland County 63 km · Queenstown | 25.0°C 1.5°C warmer | −13.7°C about the same | 412 mm |
Spruce Cliff 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 |
December has run from −38.2°C to 19.5°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.1°C from −5.9°C. June moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Spruce Cliff’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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Spruce Cliff’s climate
How warm does Spruce Cliff get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.5°C.
How cold does Spruce Cliff get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Spruce Cliff 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?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 93 days a year.
Are these figures for Spruce Cliff itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Calgary (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Spruce Cliff.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Spruce Cliff →
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).