Less rain and snow fall on Capilano than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.5°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 80% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 38°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. From June to August, highs of 21–24°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Read at Edmonton (City), 6.5 km west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Capilano at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Capilano’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Capilano 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
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 24 nights a year.
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 brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 72 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
124 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 26 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Capilano
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Capilano’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.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 50 days a year.
Plan shade and water for about 11 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Capilano’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (City)
Edmonton (City) is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 6.5 km 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, 25 km |
How Capilano 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Capilano’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 19–30 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Capilano.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capilano 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 22 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Capilano 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 |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.2°C; the steadiest month is June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −34.0°C (2003) and 23.9°C (2004).
Where Capilano’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: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Capilano’s climate
How warm does Capilano get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 23.5°C.
How cold does Capilano get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −14.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Capilano get?
Rain and snow add up to about 423 mm of water a year; July brings the most (83 mm), February the least (12 mm).
Are these figures for Capilano itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City), just outside Capilano’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Capilano →
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).