Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Blue Quill, less than on 90% of Canadian towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −14.7°C on average. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 80% of Canadian towns. Precipitation follows the seasons: July brings about 7.0 times as much as February. Plan for rain or snow on about 72 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) (12 km north).
A year in Blue Quill at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Blue Quill’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Blue Quill feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
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
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 124 cm of snow a 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 Blue Quill
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. Homes here need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Blue Quill’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 7 May and returns near 25 September, about 141 days apart.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 50 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Roughly 11 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Blue Quill’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 | 12 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), 16 km |
How Blue Quill 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 Blue Quill whose figures come from another normals location. The one place listed is 14 km from Blue Quill, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Quill Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Beaumont 14 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Blue Quill 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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −34.0°C to 23.9°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 4.2°C of its normal of −7.9°C; June keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Blue Quill’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: 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 Blue Quill’s climate
How warm does Blue Quill get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.5°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Blue Quill get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Blue Quill get?
A normal year brings 423 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 83 mm, February driest at 12 mm.
Are these figures for Blue Quill itself?
They are the normals for Edmonton (City), measured just outside Blue Quill itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Blue Quill →
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).