Hardly any Canadian towns wake to more frost than Twin Brooks
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.0°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 90% of Canadian towns. Of all months, July brings the most precipitation and February the least. About 78 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Edmonton (Airport) location, 14 km south.
A year in Twin Brooks at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Twin Brooks’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Twin Brooks feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
211 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. On about 38 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 434 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 127 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 24 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Twin Brooks
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. By this count, homes here need more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Twin Brooks’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 27 May to about 10 September, some 105 days in a normal year.
For long days outdoors, Jul bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 67 days a year here.
Count on some 11 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Twin Brooks’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (Airport)
Edmonton (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 14 km south |
| Station altitude | 723 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 12.5 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Edmonton (City), 15 km |
How Twin Brooks compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Twin Brooks’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Brooks Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C | −18.1°C | 434 mm |
| MacEwan 0.9 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C about the same | −18.1°C about the same | 434 mm |
| Skyrattler 1.3 km · Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C 0.5°C warmer | −14.7°C 3.4°C milder | 423 mm |
Twin Brooks weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.5°C | −18.1°C | −12.3°C | 22 mm | 24 cm |
| February | −4.1°C | −16.6°C | −10.4°C | 12 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 0.5°C | −11.2°C | −5.3°C | 17 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.1°C | −3.2°C | 3.5°C | 30 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 17.6°C | 2.7°C | 10.1°C | 47 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 20.7°C | 7.5°C | 14.1°C | 75 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 23.0°C | 9.4°C | 16.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.4°C | 7.8°C | 15.1°C | 53 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.8°C | 2.8°C | 10.3°C | 35 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 10.0°C | −3.3°C | 3.4°C | 22 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 0.2°C | −10.6°C | −5.2°C | 20 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −5.3°C | −16.7°C | −11.0°C | 15 mm | 16 cm |
| Year | 8.9°C | −4.1°C | 2.4°C | 434 mm | 127 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 4.3°C, more than any month, and June least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −42.7°C in 2009 to 24.2°C in 2004.
Where Twin Brooks’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Edmonton (Airport), 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Twin Brooks’s climate
How warm does Twin Brooks get in summer?
Expect highs near 23.0°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Twin Brooks get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −18.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Twin Brooks get?
Around 434 mm a year in all, from 87 mm in July down to 12 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 145 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Twin Brooks itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Edmonton (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Twin Brooks.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Twin Brooks →
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).