Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Meyonohk, less than on 90% of Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −14.7°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 38°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Long walks are most pleasant from June to August, when afternoons reach 21–24°C.
Read at Edmonton (City), 13 km north: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Meyonohk at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Meyonohk’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Meyonohk 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
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
423 mm of precipitation in a typical 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
About 124 cm of snow a 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 Meyonohk
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Meyonohk’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Gardens get from about 7 May to 25 September without frost, around 141 days in all.
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 →Roughly 50 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 11 a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Meyonohk’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (City)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 13 km north |
| 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), 17 km |
How Meyonohk compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Meyonohk whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 12–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Meyonohk.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyonohk Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Beaumont 12 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 29 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
Meyonohk 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 |
A March here can run from −34.0°C to 23.9°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±4.2°C around −7.9°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.0°C).
Where Meyonohk’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Edmonton (City), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Meyonohk’s climate
How warm does Meyonohk get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.5°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Meyonohk get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Meyonohk get?
Count on roughly 423 mm a year, heaviest in July (83 mm) and lightest in February (12 mm).
Are these figures for Meyonohk itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Meyonohk.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Meyonohk →
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).