Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Beaumaris, less than on 90% of Canadian towns
Nights in January average −14.7°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 38°C apart. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Edmonton (City) station, 5.3 km south.
A year in Beaumaris at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Beaumaris’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Beaumaris feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 179 frosts and 90 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 24 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
Rain and melted snow: about 423 mm 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
Expect snow from October to May, with about 26 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Beaumaris
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. A house here needs more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Beaumaris’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.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 50 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
About 11 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Beaumaris’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (City)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 5.3 km south |
| 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, 24 km |
How Beaumaris 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Beaumaris’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 19–30 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Beaumaris.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 19 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
| Beaumont 30 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Beaumaris 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 |
February varies most from one year to the next (4.2°C), June 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 Beaumaris’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Edmonton (City), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Beaumaris’s climate
How warm does Beaumaris get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.5°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Beaumaris get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Beaumaris get?
The year adds up to 423 mm. July is the peak month (83 mm) and February the low one (12 mm).
Are these figures for Beaumaris itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Beaumaris.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Beaumaris →
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).