Hardly any Canadian towns wake to more frost than Allard
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 23.0°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 90% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 41°C. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Edmonton (Airport) station, 9.4 km south.
A year in Allard at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Allard’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Allard feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
211 frost days and 90 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 38 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
Rain and melted snow: about 434 mm a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. On about 78 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 127 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; January 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 Allard
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. By this count, homes here need more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Allard’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 27 May until frost returns near 10 September: about 105 days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jul.
Parks & trails →About 67 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
About 11 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
A typical year is calm by definition; Allard’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (Airport)
ECCC builds the Edmonton (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 9.4 km south |
| Station altitude | 723 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 12.5 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Edmonton (City), 19 km |
How Allard 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Allard’s would only repeat its figures. The one place listed is 13 km from Allard, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allard Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C | −18.1°C | 434 mm |
| Edmonton 13 km · Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C 0.5°C warmer | −14.7°C 3.4°C milder | 423 mm |
Allard weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.5°C | −18.1°C | −12.3°C | 22 mm | 24 cm |
| February | −4.1°C | −16.6°C | −10.4°C | 12 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 0.5°C | −11.2°C | −5.3°C | 17 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.1°C | −3.2°C | 3.5°C | 30 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 17.6°C | 2.7°C | 10.1°C | 47 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 20.7°C | 7.5°C | 14.1°C | 75 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 23.0°C | 9.4°C | 16.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.4°C | 7.8°C | 15.1°C | 53 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.8°C | 2.8°C | 10.3°C | 35 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 10.0°C | −3.3°C | 3.4°C | 22 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 0.2°C | −10.6°C | −5.2°C | 20 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −5.3°C | −16.7°C | −11.0°C | 15 mm | 16 cm |
| Year | 8.9°C | −4.1°C | 2.4°C | 434 mm | 127 cm |
March: −42.7°C at its coldest, 24.2°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.3°C from −10.4°C. June moves least, typically by 0.9°C.
Where Allard’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Edmonton (Airport), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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, 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 Allard’s climate
How warm does Allard get in summer?
Highs reach 23.0°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Allard get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −18.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Allard get?
The yearly total is about 434 mm. July gets 87 mm, the most of any month; February gets 12 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 145 days a year.
Are these figures for Allard itself?
They are the normals for Edmonton (Airport), measured just outside Allard itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Allard →
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).