Precipitation in Killarney trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −14.7°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of Canadian towns. The year is lopsided: July gets about 7.0 times what February does. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 179 days a year at 0°C or below.
Read at Edmonton (City), 3.6 km south-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Killarney at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Killarney’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Killarney feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 179 days, 20°C on 90
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
About 72 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
124 cm of snow in a typical 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 Killarney
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. That means homes here need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Killarney’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Wait until about 7 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 25 September, about 141 days later.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 50 days with a wind chill below −20.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 11 a year.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Killarney’s 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 | 3.6 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, 24 km |
How Killarney 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 Killarney whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 19–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Killarney.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killarney Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 19 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
| Beaumont 26 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Killarney 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
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −34.0°C in 2003 to 23.9°C in 2004.
Where Killarney’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: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Killarney’s climate
How warm does Killarney get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 23.5°C on a typical day.
How cold does Killarney get in winter?
Overnight lows average −14.7°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Killarney get?
Precipitation totals 423 mm a year, with July the wettest month (83 mm) and February the driest (12 mm).
Are these figures for Killarney itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Killarney.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Killarney →
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).