Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Bearspaw, less than on 90% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.5°C. Some 38°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Expect about 179 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) (14 km north).
A year in Bearspaw at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bearspaw’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Bearspaw feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 179 days, 20°C on 90
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 24 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
423 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 72 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 124 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 26 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Bearspaw
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Bearspaw’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 7 May and the first autumn frost around 25 September: about 141 frost-free days between.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 50 days a year.
About 11 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Bearspaw’s.
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 | 14 km north |
| 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), 15 km |
How Bearspaw compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Bearspaw whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearspaw Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Skyrattler 1.6 km · Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C about the same | −14.7°C about the same | 423 mm |
| Twin Brooks 2.1 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Bearspaw weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| 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 |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.2°C; June the least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −34.0°C (2003) to 23.9°C (2004).
Where Bearspaw’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Edmonton (City), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Bearspaw’s climate
How warm does Bearspaw get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 23.5°C.
How cold does Bearspaw get in winter?
Lows sink to −14.7°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Bearspaw get?
Around 423 mm a year in all, from 83 mm in July down to 12 mm in February.
Are these figures for Bearspaw itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City), just outside Bearspaw’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bearspaw →
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).