Precipitation in Avonmore trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
January mornings start at about −14.7°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 38°C apart. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 80% of Canadian towns. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to August, with highs of 21–24°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) (8.4 km north-west).
A year in Avonmore at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Avonmore’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Avonmore feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 179 days, 20°C on 90
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 24 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 423 mm of rain and snow a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 72 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
124 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 26 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Avonmore
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Avonmore’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Gardens get from about 7 May to 25 September without frost, around 141 days in all.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 50 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Count on some 11 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Avonmore’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (City)
Edmonton (City) is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 8.4 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 671 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −37.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Average wind | 12.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Edmonton (Airport), 22 km |
How Avonmore 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 Avonmore whose figures come from another normals location. Avonmore has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 17–29 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avonmore Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Beaumont 17 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 24 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
Avonmore 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 | −5.8°C | −14.7°C | −10.3°C | 20 mm | 26 cm |
| February | −3.0°C | −12.7°C | −7.9°C | 12 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 1.7°C | −7.8°C | −3.1°C | 17 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.4°C | −0.7°C | 4.9°C | 29 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 5.6°C | 11.6°C | 44 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 21.0°C | 10.2°C | 15.6°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 12.6°C | 18.1°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.6°C | 11.3°C | 17.0°C | 61 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.6°C | 6.2°C | 11.9°C | 39 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 10.0°C | −0.1°C | 5.0°C | 21 mm | 11 cm |
| November | 0.6°C | −7.5°C | −3.5°C | 18 mm | 20 cm |
| December | −4.7°C | −13.2°C | −9.0°C | 12 mm | 15 cm |
| Year | 9.3°C | −0.9°C | 4.2°C | 423 mm | 124 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.2°C; the steadiest month is June
March has the widest record range, −34.0°C in 2003 to 23.9°C in 2004; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Avonmore’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Edmonton (City), its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Avonmore’s climate
How warm does Avonmore get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.5°C.
How cold does Avonmore get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Avonmore get?
Measured as water, a year brings 423 mm: 83 mm in July, the wettest month, and 12 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Avonmore itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City), just outside Avonmore’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Avonmore →
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