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Climate in Suder Greens · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Suder Greens, less than on 90% of Canadian towns

Nights in January average −14.7°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 38°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 179 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.

July afternoons: cooler than 80% of Canadian towns
January nights: colder than 67% of Canadian towns
Rain and snow a year: drier than 90% of Canadian towns

Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Edmonton (City) station, 12 km north-east.

A year in Suder Greens at a glance

Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.

Jan−6°C−15°CColdest nightsSnowiest
Feb−3°C−13°C
Mar2°C−8°C
Apr10°C−1°C
May18°C6°CLast frost ~7 May
Jun21°C10°C
Jul24°C13°CWarmestWettest
Aug23°C11°C
Sep18°C6°CFirst frost ~25 Sep
Oct10°C0°C
Nov now1°C−8°C
Dec−5°C−13°C

What stands out about Suder Greens’s climate

Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.

A normal year

What a year in Suder Greens feels like

Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.

Winter
−5°C / −14°C
43 mm, with 53 cm of snow
Spring
10°C / −1°C
90 mm, with 39 cm of snow
Summer
22°C / 11°C
213 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season
Autumn
9°C / 0°C
77 mm, with 32 cm of snow
Best months to be outsideJunJulAugHighs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more
Frost & warm days

About 179 frosts and 90 warm days a year

From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 24 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.

179
Frost days a year (0°C or below)
More frosts than 67% of Canadian towns
86
Days that stay below 0°C
24
Nights a year below −20°C
90
Days a year above 20°C
4
Days a year above 30°C

Frost days by month

Average days at 0°C or below

31
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Days above 20°C by month

Average days

25
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Rain & snow

Rain and melted snow: about 423 mm a year

July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 72 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.

423 mm
Rain and snow a year
Drier than 90% of Canadian towns
329 mm
Of it as rain alone (78%)
83 mm
July, the wettest month
12 mm
February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

83 mm
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Rain alone by month

Millimetres

78 mm
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Snow

124 cm of snow in a typical year

The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 26 cm.

124 cm
Snowfall a year
Less snowy than 71% of Canadian towns
49
Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more
21 cm
Snow on the ground at the end of January, the deepest month

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

26 cm
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Snow on the ground by month

Centimetres at month’s end

21 cm
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Heating

Heating a home in Suder Greens

89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.

5,126 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020
1,648 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

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 here

Living with Suder Greens’s climate

What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.

The garden window

Tender plants are usually safe from around 7 May until frost returns near 25 September: about 141 days.

Get outside

Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.

Parks & trails →
Wind chill

A wind chill below −20 is part of about 50 days a year here.

Humidex

About 11 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.

Storms and extremes

For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Suder Greens’s hazards page.

Flood & hazards →
Weather station

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 town12 km north-east
Station altitude671 m
Completenessmeets the WMO “3 and 5” rule
WMO standard normalsNo
Coldest reading, 1991–2020−37.8°C
Hottest reading, 1991–202034.9°C
Average wind12.2 km/h on average, most often from the west
Next-nearest locationEdmonton (Airport), 24 km
Compared with other towns

How Suder Greens 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.

July afternoons23.5°C
Suder GreensMedian Canadian town
20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C
Cooler than 80% of Canadian towns
January nights−14.7°C
Suder GreensMedian Canadian town
−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C
Colder than 67% of Canadian towns
Rain and snow a year423 mm
Suder GreensMedian Canadian town
05001,0001,500
Drier than 90% of Canadian towns
Snowfall a year124 cm
Suder GreensMedian Canadian town
0100200300
Less snowy than 71% of Canadian towns
Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Suder Greens’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 19 km from Suder Greens.

TownJuly highJanuary lowRain & snow
Suder Greens Edmonton (City)23.5°C−14.7°C423 mm
Devon 19 km · Edmonton (Airport)23.0°C 0.5°C cooler−18.1°C 3.4°C colder434 mm
Month by month

Suder Greens weather by month

Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.

MonthHighLowMeanRain & snowSnow
January−5.8°C−14.7°C−10.3°C20 mm26 cm
February−3.0°C−12.7°C−7.9°C12 mm13 cm
March1.7°C−7.8°C−3.1°C17 mm19 cm
April10.4°C−0.7°C4.9°C29 mm15 cm
May17.5°C5.6°C11.6°C44 mm5 cm
June21.0°C10.2°C15.6°C70 mm0 cm
July23.5°C12.6°C18.1°C83 mm0 cm
August22.6°C11.3°C17.0°C61 mmunder 1 cm
September17.6°C6.2°C11.9°C39 mm1 cm
October10.0°C−0.1°C5.0°C21 mm11 cm
November0.6°C−7.5°C−3.5°C18 mm20 cm
December−4.7°C−13.2°C−9.0°C12 mm15 cm
Year9.3°C−0.9°C4.2°C423 mm124 cm
Year to year

A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.2°C; the steadiest month is June

The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −34.0°C in 2003 and a high of 23.9°C in 2004.

Record low to record high, 1991–2020Normal
Sources

Where Suder Greens’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

  • Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
  • 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.

Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Questions about Suder Greens’s climate

How warm does Suder Greens get in summer?

In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 23.5°C.

How cold does Suder Greens get in winter?

Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −14.7°C.

How much rain and snow does Suder Greens 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 Suder Greens itself?

They are the normals for Edmonton (City), measured just outside Suder Greens itself.

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Suder Greens →

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).