Precipitation in Elsinore trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 23.5°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 38°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 80% of Canadian towns. Plan time outside from June to August, when highs sit at 21–24°C.
Read at Edmonton (City), 8.0 km south: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Elsinore at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Elsinore’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Elsinore feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 179 frosts and 90 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost 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
About 423 mm of rain and snow a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 72 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
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 Elsinore
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. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Elsinore’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 7 May until frost returns near 25 September: about 141 days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Count on some 50 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 11 a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Elsinore’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 | 8.0 km south |
| 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, 23 km |
How Elsinore 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 Elsinore’s own would show the same figures). The nearest place to Elsinore with figures is 18 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsinore Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 18 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
Elsinore weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −34.0°C to 23.9°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 4.2°C of its normal of −7.9°C; June keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Elsinore’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Edmonton (City), its nearest location with complete 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: 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 Elsinore’s climate
How warm does Elsinore get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 23.5°C.
How cold does Elsinore get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Elsinore get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 423 mm a year; July leads with 83 mm and February trails with 12 mm.
Are these figures for Elsinore itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Elsinore.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Elsinore →
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).