Wîhkwêntôwin is drier than 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 23.5°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 80% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 38°C across the year, low to high. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 179 days a year at 0°C or below.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Edmonton (City) location, 3.1 km north.
A year in Wîhkwêntôwin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wîhkwêntôwin’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Wîhkwêntôwin feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 179 days, 20°C on 90
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
The most falls in July, the least in February. About 72 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
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 Wîhkwêntôwin
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. That means homes here need more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Wîhkwêntôwin’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Gardens get from about 7 May to 25 September without frost, around 141 days in all.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 50 days a year.
Expect around 11 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Wîhkwêntôwin’s hazards page covers the risks.
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 | 3.1 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), 25 km |
How Wîhkwêntôwin 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 Wîhkwêntôwin’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Wîhkwêntôwin with figures are 22–25 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wîhkwêntôwin Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Beaumont 22 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 25 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
Wîhkwêntôwin 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 |
March has run from −34.0°C to 23.9°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.2°C from −7.9°C. June moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Wîhkwêntôwin’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: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Wîhkwêntôwin’s climate
How warm does Wîhkwêntôwin get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 23.5°C.
How cold does Wîhkwêntôwin get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −14.7°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Wîhkwêntôwin get?
Some 423 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (83 mm), the least in February (12 mm).
Are these figures for Wîhkwêntôwin itself?
Nearly: Edmonton (City), the location behind them, sits just beyond Wîhkwêntôwin’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wîhkwêntôwin →
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).