Precipitation in Patricia Heights trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
January nights here settle around −14.7°C. July is the wettest month, February the driest. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 179 days a year at 0°C or below.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) (8.5 km north-east).
A year in Patricia Heights at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Patricia Heights’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Patricia Heights feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 179 days, 20°C on 90
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
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 Patricia Heights
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Patricia Heights’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Between the last frost, near 7 May, and the first, near 25 September, lie about 141 frost-free days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 50 days in a normal year.
About 11 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Patricia Heights’s hazards page.
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 | 8.5 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), 21 km |
How Patricia Heights 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 Patricia Heights’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 19 km from Patricia Heights.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Heights Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Devon 19 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Patricia Heights 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 |
March: −34.0°C at its coldest, 23.9°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 4.2°C around its normal of −7.9°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Patricia Heights’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Edmonton (City), its nearest location with complete 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: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Patricia Heights’s climate
How warm does Patricia Heights get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Patricia Heights get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Patricia Heights get?
The yearly total is about 423 mm. July gets 83 mm, the most of any month; February gets 12 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Patricia Heights itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Patricia Heights.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Patricia Heights →
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).