Precipitation in Virginia Park trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
Nights in January average −14.7°C. Temperatures cover 38°C across the year, low to high. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 80% of Canadian towns. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to August, with highs of 21–24°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, 4.3 km west.
A year in Virginia Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Virginia Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Virginia Park 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
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. 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
The most falls in July, the least in February. Some 72 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 124 cm in a normal 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 Virginia Park
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Virginia Park’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Gardens get from about 7 May to 25 September without frost, around 141 days in all.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 50 days a year.
On some 11 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Virginia Park’s.
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 | 4.3 km west |
| 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 | Fort Saskatchewan, 26 km |
How Virginia 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 Virginia Park’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 20–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Virginia Park.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Park Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 20 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
| Beaumont 23 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Virginia Park weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the 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 |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 4.2°C of normal, against the steadier June
March has the widest record range, −34.0°C in 2003 to 23.9°C in 2004; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Virginia Park’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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Virginia Park’s climate
How warm does Virginia Park get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 23.5°C.
How cold does Virginia Park get in winter?
Lows sink to −14.7°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Virginia Park get?
Count on roughly 423 mm a year, heaviest in July (83 mm) and lightest in February (12 mm).
Are these figures for Virginia Park itself?
They are the normals for Edmonton (City), measured just outside Virginia Park itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Virginia 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).