Less rain and snow fall on Skyrattler than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 23.5°C. July is the wettest month, February the driest. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 72 times a year.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) (14 km north).
A year in Skyrattler at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Skyrattler’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Skyrattler 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. 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
423 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 124 cm in a normal 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 Skyrattler
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Skyrattler’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
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 →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 50 days a year here.
Summer brings about 11 days when the humidex passes 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Skyrattler’s hazards page does.
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 | 14 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), 15 km |
How Skyrattler 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 Skyrattler’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyrattler Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Blue Quill 1.2 km · Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C about the same | −14.7°C about the same | 423 mm |
| Twin Brooks 1.3 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Skyrattler 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 |
From year to year, February moves by 4.2°C, more than any month, and 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 Skyrattler’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Edmonton (City), 1991–2020.
- 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 Skyrattler’s climate
How warm does Skyrattler get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 23.5°C on a typical day.
How cold does Skyrattler get in winter?
Lows sink to −14.7°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Skyrattler get?
July is the wettest month at 83 mm and February the driest at 12 mm, for 423 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Skyrattler itself?
Nearly: Edmonton (City), the location behind them, sits just beyond Skyrattler’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Skyrattler →
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).