Cavanagh is among the frostiest of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 23.0°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 90% of Canadian towns. Precipitation follows the seasons: July brings about 7.0 times as much as February. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Edmonton (Airport) station, 12 km south.
A year in Cavanagh at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cavanagh’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Cavanagh feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 211 days, 20°C on 90
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 38 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 434 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 78 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 127 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 24 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Cavanagh
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Cavanagh’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 27 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 10 September, ends a season of about 105 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jul, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 67 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Roughly 11 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Cavanagh’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (Airport) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 12 km south |
| Station altitude | 723 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 12.5 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Edmonton (City), 16 km |
How Cavanagh 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 Cavanagh’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 11 km from Cavanagh, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavanagh Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C | −18.1°C | 434 mm |
| Edmonton 11 km · Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C 0.5°C warmer | −14.7°C 3.4°C milder | 423 mm |
Cavanagh 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 | −6.5°C | −18.1°C | −12.3°C | 22 mm | 24 cm |
| February | −4.1°C | −16.6°C | −10.4°C | 12 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 0.5°C | −11.2°C | −5.3°C | 17 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.1°C | −3.2°C | 3.5°C | 30 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 17.6°C | 2.7°C | 10.1°C | 47 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 20.7°C | 7.5°C | 14.1°C | 75 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 23.0°C | 9.4°C | 16.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.4°C | 7.8°C | 15.1°C | 53 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.8°C | 2.8°C | 10.3°C | 35 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 10.0°C | −3.3°C | 3.4°C | 22 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 0.2°C | −10.6°C | −5.2°C | 20 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −5.3°C | −16.7°C | −11.0°C | 15 mm | 16 cm |
| Year | 8.9°C | −4.1°C | 2.4°C | 434 mm | 127 cm |
A March here can run from −42.7°C to 24.2°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±4.3°C around −10.4°C), June the one that wanders least (±0.9°C).
Where Cavanagh’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Edmonton (Airport), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Cavanagh’s climate
How warm does Cavanagh get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 23.0°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Cavanagh get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −18.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Cavanagh get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 434 mm; the range runs from 12 mm in February to 87 mm in July.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 145 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Cavanagh itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (Airport), just outside Cavanagh’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cavanagh →
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).