Walker sits near the top of Canadian towns for frosts
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.0°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 90% of Canadian towns. Have the furnace checked before October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Read at Edmonton (Airport), 15 km south-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Walker at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Walker’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Walker feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 211 frosts and 90 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 38 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 434 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 78 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
127 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 24 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Walker
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. A house here needs more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Walker’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
About 105 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 27 May to a first of 10 September.
Plan time outside for Jul: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →About 67 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 11 days a year.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Walker’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (Airport)
ECCC builds the Edmonton (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 15 km south-west |
| 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), 18 km |
How Walker 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
Places around Walker whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C | −18.1°C | 434 mm |
| Charlesworth 0.9 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C about the same | −18.1°C about the same | 434 mm |
| Anthony Henday South East 2.2 km · Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C 0.5°C warmer | −14.7°C 3.4°C milder | 423 mm |
Walker 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 | −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 |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 4.3°C; the steadiest, June
March has the widest record range, −42.7°C in 2009 to 24.2°C in 2004; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Walker’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Edmonton (Airport), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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 Walker’s climate
How warm does Walker get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23.0°C.
How cold does Walker get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −18.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Walker get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 434 mm a year; July leads with 87 mm and February trails with 12 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 145 days a year.
Are these figures for Walker itself?
Nearly: Edmonton (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Walker’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Walker →
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).