Less rain and snow fall on Glenora than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
July afternoons average 23.5°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 38°C. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to August brings highs of 21–24°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Edmonton (City) station, 4.0 km north-east.
A year in Glenora at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Glenora’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Glenora feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 179 days, 20°C on 90
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 24 nights a year drop under −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 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
Snowfall: about 124 cm in a normal 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 Glenora
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. By this count, homes here need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Glenora’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 7 May to about 25 September, some 141 days in a normal year.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 50 days a year here.
Expect around 11 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Glenora’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (City)
ECCC builds the Edmonton (City) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 4.0 km north-east |
| 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), 25 km |
How Glenora 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
Places around Glenora whose figures come from another normals location. Glenora has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 23–27 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenora Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Beaumont 23 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 27 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
Glenora 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 |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.2°C; June the 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 Glenora’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Edmonton (City), 1991–2020.
- 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, 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 Glenora’s climate
How warm does Glenora get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 23.5°C on a typical day.
How cold does Glenora get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Glenora get?
The year adds up to 423 mm. July is the peak month (83 mm) and February the low one (12 mm).
Are these figures for Glenora itself?
Nearly: Edmonton (City), the location behind them, sits just beyond Glenora’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Glenora →
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).