Britannia Youngstown is drier than 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year
July afternoons average 23.5°C. The year is lopsided: July gets about 7.0 times what February does. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. From June to August, highs of 21–24°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Edmonton (City) station, 6.1 km north-east.
A year in Britannia Youngstown at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Britannia Youngstown’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Britannia Youngstown 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
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
About 423 mm of rain and snow a year
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
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 Britannia Youngstown
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. A house here needs more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Britannia Youngstown’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 141 days, roughly 7 May to 25 September.
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 →Count on some 50 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
About 11 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Britannia Youngstown’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 6.1 km north-east |
| 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), 25 km |
How Britannia Youngstown 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 Britannia Youngstown’s own would show the same figures). Britannia Youngstown has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 23–29 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Britannia Youngstown Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Devon 23 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 29 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
Britannia Youngstown 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 |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 4.2°C of normal, against the steadier June
March has the widest record range, −34.0°C in 2003 to 23.9°C in 2004; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Britannia Youngstown’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: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Britannia Youngstown’s climate
How warm does Britannia Youngstown get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.5°C.
How cold does Britannia Youngstown get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Britannia Youngstown 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 Britannia Youngstown itself?
They are the normals for Edmonton (City), measured just outside Britannia Youngstown itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Britannia Youngstown →
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).