Precipitation in Beacon Heights trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
January nights here settle around −14.7°C. Temperatures cover 38°C across the year, low to high. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 72 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, 7.5 km west.
A year in Beacon Heights at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Beacon Heights’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Beacon Heights feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
179 frost days and 90 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost 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.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
124 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 26 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Beacon Heights
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. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Beacon Heights’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 141 days, roughly 7 May to 25 September.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 50 days a year here.
On some 11 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Beacon Heights’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (City)
ECCC builds the Edmonton (City) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 7.5 km 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 | Fort Saskatchewan, 22 km |
How Beacon Heights 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Beacon Heights’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 17–29 km from Beacon Heights.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Heights Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 17 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
| Beaumont 25 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Beacon Heights 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 |
In March, anything from −34.0°C to 23.9°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.2°C of the normal, −7.9°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Beacon Heights’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Beacon Heights’s climate
How warm does Beacon Heights get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 23.5°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Beacon Heights get in winter?
Overnight lows average −14.7°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Beacon Heights get?
Count on roughly 423 mm a year, heaviest in July (83 mm) and lightest in February (12 mm).
Are these figures for Beacon Heights itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City), just outside Beacon Heights’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Beacon Heights →
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).