West Hillhurst is drier than 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm of rain and snow a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.5°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in June and eases off in January. If you like long walks, July and August offer highs of 23–24°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Calgary (Airport) location, 11 km north-east.
A year in West Hillhurst at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about West Hillhurst’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in West Hillhurst feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
193 frost days and 87 days above 20°C a year
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
About 445 mm of rain and snow 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
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 West Hillhurst
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with West Hillhurst’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 21 May and the first autumn frost around 18 September: about 119 frost-free days between.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 42 days a year.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 9 days a year.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; West Hillhurst’s hazards page covers the risks.
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 | 11 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, 89 km |
How West Hillhurst 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 West Hillhurst whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 52–72 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from West Hillhurst.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Hillhurst 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 55 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | −18.0°C 4.5°C colder | 496 mm |
| Wheatland County 62 km · Queenstown | 25.0°C 1.5°C warmer | −13.7°C about the same | 412 mm |
West Hillhurst 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 |
In December, anything from −38.2°C to 19.5°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.1°C of the normal, −5.9°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where West Hillhurst’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Calgary (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 West Hillhurst’s climate
How warm does West Hillhurst get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 23.5°C.
How cold does West Hillhurst get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does West Hillhurst get?
A normal year brings 445 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 113 mm, January driest at 10 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 93 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for West Hillhurst itself?
They are the normals for Calgary (Airport), measured just outside West Hillhurst itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for West Hillhurst →
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).