Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Northmount, less than on 90% of Canadian towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about −14.7°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 38°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 179 days a year at 0°C or below.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, 4.5 km south-west.
A year in Northmount at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Northmount’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Northmount feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 179 frosts and 90 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 24 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 423 mm a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 72 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
124 cm of snow in a typical 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 Northmount
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Northmount’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plant out after about 7 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 25 September, leaving roughly 141 days without frost.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 50 days with a wind chill below −20.
Expect around 11 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Northmount’s hazards page covers the risks.
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 | 4.5 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 Northmount 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Northmount’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 18–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Northmount.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northmount 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 28 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Northmount 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 |
March: −34.0°C at its coldest, 23.9°C at its warmest
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 4.2°C around −7.9°C) and June least (1.0°C).
Where Northmount’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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 Northmount’s climate
How warm does Northmount get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 23.5°C.
How cold does Northmount get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Northmount get?
Some 423 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (83 mm), the least in February (12 mm).
Are these figures for Northmount itself?
Nearly: Edmonton (City), the location behind them, sits just beyond Northmount’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Northmount →
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).