Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Crossfield is drier than 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm of rain and snow a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about −13.5°C. Winter and summer sit 37°C apart. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of Canadian towns. Have the furnace checked before October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Crossfield itself; the figures are those of Calgary (Airport), 35 km south.
A year in Crossfield at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Crossfield’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Crossfield 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
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. Some 22 nights a year drop under −20°C.
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
The most falls in June, the least in January. 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
The snow season runs September to May; March brings the most, about 24 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Crossfield
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. That means homes here need more heating than 68% of Canadian towns.
Living with Crossfield’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 21 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 18 September, ends a season of about 119 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 42 days with a wind chill below −20.
The humidex tops 30 on about 9 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Crossfield’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Calgary (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Calgary (Airport) are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 35 km south |
| 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, 59 km |
How Crossfield 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Crossfield’s would only repeat its figures. Crossfield has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 15 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossfield Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C | −13.5°C | 445 mm |
| Carstairs 15 km · Sundre | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | −18.0°C 4.5°C colder | 496 mm |
Crossfield 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 |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 4.1°C of normal, against the steadier June
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; December’s run from −38.2°C in 1996 to 19.5°C in 1999.
Where Crossfield’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Calgary (Airport) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: 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 Crossfield’s climate
How warm does Crossfield get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 23.5°C on a typical day.
How cold does Crossfield get in winter?
Lows sink to −13.5°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Crossfield get?
445 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is June (113 mm); the driest, January (10 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 93 days a year.
Are these figures for Crossfield itself?
Not exactly. Crossfield lacks a normals station, so Calgary (Airport) supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Crossfield →
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).