Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Ekota, less than on 90% of Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −14.7°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 38°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to August brings highs of 21–24°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, 14 km north.
A year in Ekota at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Ekota’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Ekota feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 179 days, 20°C on 90
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 24 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 423 mm a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. Some 72 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 124 cm in a normal 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 Ekota
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. That means homes here need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Ekota’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Count on about 141 frost-free days: the last frost averages 7 May, the first 25 September.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Expect around 50 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
About 11 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Ekota’s hazards page.
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 | 14 km north |
| 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), 17 km |
How Ekota 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Ekota’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 11–29 km from Ekota.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekota Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Beaumont 11 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 |
Ekota 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 |
March: −34.0°C at its coldest, 23.9°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.2°C from −7.9°C. June moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Ekota’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Edmonton (City): the nearest of its locations with every month’s 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, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Ekota’s climate
How warm does Ekota get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.5°C.
How cold does Ekota get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Ekota 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 Ekota itself?
Nearly: Edmonton (City), the location behind them, sits just beyond Ekota’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Ekota →
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).