Less rain and snow fall on Queen Mary Park than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 23.5°C. Precipitation peaks in July and eases off in February. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 72 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) (2.2 km north).
A year in Queen Mary Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Queen Mary Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Queen Mary Park feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 179 frosts and 90 warm days a year
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
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 Queen Mary Park
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Queen Mary Park’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 7 May and the first autumn frost around 25 September: about 141 frost-free days between.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 50 days in a normal year.
Expect around 11 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Queen Mary Park’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 2.2 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), 26 km |
How Queen Mary Park 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 Queen Mary Park’s would only repeat its figures. Queen Mary Park has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 23–26 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Mary Park Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Beaumont 23 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 24 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
Queen Mary Park weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| 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 has run from −34.0°C to 23.9°C in thirty years
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 4.2°C around −7.9°C) and June least (1.0°C).
Where Queen Mary Park’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 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Queen Mary Park’s climate
How warm does Queen Mary Park get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Queen Mary Park get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Queen Mary Park 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 Queen Mary Park itself?
They are the normals for Edmonton (City), measured just outside Queen Mary Park itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Queen Mary Park →
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).