Precipitation in Boyle Street trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −14.7°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 80% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 38°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
Read at Edmonton (City), 3.7 km north-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Boyle Street at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Boyle Street’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Boyle Street 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
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
423 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. About 72 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 124 cm of snow a 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 Boyle Street
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 Boyle Street’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 141 days, roughly 7 May to 25 September.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →On some 50 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
About 11 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Boyle Street’s hazards page looks at those.
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 | 3.7 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), 27 km |
How Boyle Street 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
Places around Boyle Street whose figures come from another normals location. Boyle Street has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 22–28 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyle Street Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 22 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
| Beaumont 22 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Boyle Street 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 |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.2°C; the steadiest month is June
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −34.0°C (2003) and 23.9°C (2004), the widest span of any month.
Where Boyle Street’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Edmonton (City) (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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: 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 Boyle Street’s climate
How warm does Boyle Street get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 23.5°C.
How cold does Boyle Street get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Boyle Street get?
Some 423 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (83 mm), the least in February (12 mm).
Are these figures for Boyle Street itself?
Nearly: Edmonton (City), the location behind them, sits just beyond Boyle Street’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Boyle Street →
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).