Photo: D. Mulligan · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns get more frosts than Canmore
High summer brings afternoon highs near 22.5°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 96% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 36°C. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 91 days a year with 1 mm or more.
These are not Canmore’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Banff, 19 km north-west.
A year in Canmore at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Canmore’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Canmore feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 220 days, 20°C on 67
From August to June frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. On about 23 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
About 454 mm of rain and snow a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 184 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs September to June; April brings the most, about 30 cm. 5th snowiest of 474 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Canmore
82% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to May.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Canmore’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 64 days, roughly 19 June to 23 August.
Even midsummer nights fall below 8°C on average, so no month meets the mild-day rule of 17–27°C by day.
Parks & trails →About 39 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Count on some 3 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Canmore’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Banff
ECCC builds the Banff normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 19 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 1,397 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.2°C |
| Average wind | 8.2 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Sundre, 90 km |
How Canmore compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Canmore whose figures come from another normals location. Canmore has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 61 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canmore Banff | 22.5°C | −13.5°C | 454 mm |
| Cochrane 61 km · Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C 1.0°C warmer | −13.5°C about the same | 445 mm |
Canmore 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 | −3.5°C | −13.5°C | −8.5°C | 19 mm | 21 cm |
| February | −0.5°C | −12.6°C | −6.6°C | 19 mm | 20 cm |
| March | 3.7°C | −8.2°C | −2.2°C | 29 mm | 25 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −3.5°C | 2.8°C | 39 mm | 30 cm |
| May | 14.3°C | 0.5°C | 7.4°C | 50 mm | 12 cm |
| June | 17.9°C | 4.4°C | 11.2°C | 73 mm | 2 cm |
| July | 22.5°C | 6.8°C | 14.7°C | 47 mm | under 1 cm |
| August | 22.1°C | 5.8°C | 14.0°C | 47 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 16.7°C | 2.2°C | 9.4°C | 45 mm | 8 cm |
| October | 9.1°C | −2.4°C | 3.4°C | 36 mm | 17 cm |
| November | 0.6°C | −8.2°C | −3.8°C | 28 mm | 25 cm |
| December | −4.6°C | −13.4°C | −9.0°C | 23 mm | 23 cm |
| Year | 8.9°C | −3.5°C | 2.7°C | 454 mm | 184 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.1°C; the steadiest month is June
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −38.5°C in 2019 and a high of 20.0°C in 2004.
Where Canmore’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Banff from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Canmore’s climate
How warm does Canmore get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 22.5°C.
How cold does Canmore get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Canmore get?
Rain and snow add up to about 454 mm of water a year; June brings the most (73 mm), February the least (19 mm).
Are these figures for Canmore itself?
They are borrowed from Banff, the nearest place to Canmore where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Canmore →
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).