Less rain and snow fall on Evansdale than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 23.5°C. Some 38°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 179 days a year at 0°C or below.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) (5.3 km south-west).
A year in Evansdale at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Evansdale’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Evansdale feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
179 frost days and 90 days above 20°C 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. 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
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 Evansdale
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. A house here needs more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Evansdale’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Count on about 141 frost-free days: the last frost averages 7 May, the first 25 September.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Expect around 50 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 11 days a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Evansdale’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 5.3 km south-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, 23 km |
How Evansdale 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Evansdale’s would only repeat its figures. Evansdale has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–29 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evansdale 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 |
| Beaumont 29 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Evansdale 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 |
From year to year, February moves by 4.2°C, more than any month, and June least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −34.0°C in 2003 and a high of 23.9°C in 2004.
Where Evansdale’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Edmonton (City), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Evansdale’s climate
How warm does Evansdale get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 23.5°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Evansdale get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Evansdale 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 Evansdale itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Evansdale.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Evansdale →
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).