Precipitation in Oxford trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.5°C. Some 38°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Expect about 179 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Read at Edmonton (City), 5.8 km south: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Oxford at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Oxford’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Oxford 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
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost 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
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
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 Oxford
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. Homes here need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Oxford’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
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 →Expect around 50 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 11 days a year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Oxford’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (City)
Edmonton (City) is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 5.8 km south |
| 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, 27 km |
How Oxford 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 Oxford’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 22 km from Oxford.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 22 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
Oxford 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
March has the widest record range, −34.0°C in 2003 to 23.9°C in 2004; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Oxford’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Edmonton (City): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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: 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 Oxford’s climate
How warm does Oxford get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Oxford get in winter?
January nights average −14.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Oxford get?
Count on roughly 423 mm a year, heaviest in July (83 mm) and lightest in February (12 mm).
Are these figures for Oxford itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City), just outside Oxford’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Oxford →
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