Brintnell is drier than 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −14.7°C. July is the wettest month here, with about 7.0 times the rain and snow of February. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 72 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) (9.2 km south-west).
A year in Brintnell at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Brintnell’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Brintnell feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 179 days, 20°C on 90
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
About 423 mm of rain and snow 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 Brintnell
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. By this count, homes here need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Brintnell’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Count on about 141 frost-free days: the last frost averages 7 May, the first 25 September.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →On some 50 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Summer brings about 11 days when the humidex passes 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Brintnell’s hazards page does.
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 | 9.2 km south-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, 19 km |
How Brintnell compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Brintnell whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 13–30 km from Brintnell.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brintnell Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 13 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 |
Brintnell weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the 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
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −34.0°C (2003) and 23.9°C (2004), the widest span of any month.
Where Brintnell’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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Brintnell’s climate
How warm does Brintnell get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 23.5°C.
How cold does Brintnell get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Brintnell get?
July is the wettest month at 83 mm and February the driest at 12 mm, for 423 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Brintnell itself?
Nearly: Edmonton (City), the location behind them, sits just beyond Brintnell’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Brintnell →
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).