Haddow is drier than 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year
Expect July afternoons of about 23.5°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) (14 km north-east).
A year in Haddow at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Haddow’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Haddow feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
179 frost days and 90 days above 20°C a year
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
423 mm of precipitation in a typical year
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
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 26 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Haddow
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 Haddow’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
About 141 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 7 May to a first of 25 September.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →About 50 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
About 11 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Haddow: the hazards page.
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 | 14 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), 15 km |
How Haddow 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Haddow’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haddow Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Terwillegar Towne 1.4 km · Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C about the same | −14.7°C about the same | 423 mm |
| South Terwillegar 2.4 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Haddow weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the 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 −34.0°C to 23.9°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
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 Haddow’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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Haddow’s climate
How warm does Haddow get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.5°C.
How cold does Haddow get in winter?
Expect nights around −14.7°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Haddow get?
Measured as water, a year brings 423 mm: 83 mm in July, the wettest month, and 12 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Haddow itself?
Nearly: Edmonton (City), the location behind them, sits just beyond Haddow’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Haddow →
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).