Less rain and snow fall on Ramsay Heights than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −14.7°C on average. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in July and eases off in February. Have the furnace checked before October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, 10 km north-east.
A year in Ramsay Heights at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Ramsay Heights’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Ramsay Heights feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
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
About 423 mm of rain and snow a year
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
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 Ramsay Heights
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. Homes here need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Ramsay Heights’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 →On some 50 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Plan shade and water for about 11 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Ramsay Heights’s hazards page does.
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 | 10 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), 19 km |
How Ramsay 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 Ramsay Heights’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 18 km from Ramsay Heights.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsay Heights Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Devon 18 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Ramsay Heights 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 varies most from one year to the next (4.2°C), June least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −34.0°C (2003) to 23.9°C (2004).
Where Ramsay Heights’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Edmonton (City) (the closest location with all twelve months of 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: 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 Ramsay Heights’s climate
How warm does Ramsay Heights get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 23.5°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Ramsay Heights get in winter?
Lows sink to −14.7°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Ramsay Heights get?
Measured as water, a year brings 423 mm: 83 mm in July, the wettest month, and 12 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Ramsay Heights itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Ramsay Heights.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Ramsay 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).