Climate in Gibbons · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Ice on the ground: Gibbons sees more frosts than 90% of Canadian towns

Expect July afternoons of about 23.6°C. Seasons differ by 41°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 77% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 84 days a year with 1 mm or more.

July afternoons: cooler than 72% of Canadian towns

January nights: colder than 82% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: drier than 77% of Canadian towns

ECCC publishes no normals for Gibbons itself; the figures are those of Fort Saskatchewan, 15 km south-east.

July high

23.6°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−17.8°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

473 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

132 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

Frost days

199

a year at 0°C or below

A year in Gibbons at a glance

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

Jan−6°C−18°CColdest nightsSnowiest

Feb−3°C−15°C

Mar2°C−10°C

Apr11°C−2°C

May18°C4°C

Jun21°C9°C

Jul24°C11°CWarmestWettest

Aug23°C10°C

Sep18°C5°C

Oct10°C−1°C

Nov now1°C−10°C

Dec−5°C−15°C

What stands out about Gibbons’s climate

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

Colder than 82% of Canadian townsJanuary nights average −17.8°C, the coldest of the year.A wider year than 77% of Canadian townsFrom January nights to July afternoons, the year spans 41.4°C.Drier than 77% of Canadian townsAbout 473 mm of rain and melted snow a year; July is the wettest month and February the driest.

A normal year

What a year in Gibbons feels like

Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.

Winter

−5°C / −16°C

68 mm, with 66 cm of snow

Spring

10°C / −2°C

98 mm, with 32 cm of snow

Summer

23°C / 10°C

216 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season

Autumn

10°C / −2°C

92 mm, with 35 cm of snow

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−10°

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−6°C−18°C

−3°C−15°C

2°C−10°C

11°C−2°C

18°C4°C

21°C9°C

24°C11°C

23°C10°C

18°C5°C

10°C−1°C

1°C−10°C

−5°C−15°C

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best months to be outsideJunJulAugHighs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more

Frost & warm days

199 frost days a year

Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 33 nights a year drop under −20°C.

199

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

More frosts than 90% of Canadian towns

Nights a year below −20°C

Frost days by month

Average days at 0°C or below

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Rain & snow

473 mm of precipitation in a typical year

July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.

473 mm

Rain and snow a year

Drier than 77% of Canadian towns

341 mm

Of it as rain alone (72%)

82 mm

July, the wettest month

14 mm

February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

82 mm

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Rain alone by month

Millimetres

82 mm

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Snow

About 132 cm of snow a year

Expect snow from October to May, with about 30 cm in January, the snowiest month.

132 cm

Snowfall a year

Less snowy than 59% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

30 cm

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Living here

Living with Gibbons’s climate

Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.

Get outside

Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.

Parks & trails →

Storms and extremes

What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Gibbons’s hazards page.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: Fort Saskatchewan

The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Fort Saskatchewan, one of its 450 normals locations.

Distance from the town	15 km south-east
Station altitude	620 m
Completeness	at least 15 years
WMO standard normals	No
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−47.5°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	36.5°C
Next-nearest location	Edmonton (City), 31 km

Compared with other towns

How Gibbons compares

Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Alberta.

July afternoons23.6°C

GibbonsMedian Canadian town

20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C

Cooler than 72% of Canadian towns

January nights−17.8°C

GibbonsMedian Canadian town

−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C

Colder than 82% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year473 mm

GibbonsMedian Canadian town

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Drier than 77% of Canadian towns

Snowfall a year132 cm

GibbonsMedian Canadian town

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Less snowy than 59% of Canadian towns

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Gibbons’s own would show the same figures). Gibbons has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 16 km away.

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
Gibbons Fort Saskatchewan	23.6°C	−17.8°C	473 mm
Sturgeon County 16 km · Edmonton (City)	23.5°C about the same	−14.7°C 3.1°C milder	423 mm

Month by month

Gibbons weather by month

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

Month	High	Low	Mean	Rain & snow	Snow
January	−6.4°C	−17.8°C	−12.8°C	30 mm	30 cm
February	−3.1°C	−15.2°C	−9.2°C	14 mm	13 cm
March	1.9°C	−9.5°C	−4.0°C	22 mm	21 cm
April	10.9°C	−1.9°C	4.7°C	27 mm	8 cm
May	17.8°C	4.1°C	10.9°C	49 mm	2 cm
June	21.3°C	8.6°C	14.9°C	78 mm	0 cm
July	23.6°C	11.0°C	17.3°C	82 mm	0 cm
August	23.1°C	9.7°C	16.3°C	56 mm	0 cm
September	18.3°C	4.5°C	11.4°C	39 mm	0 cm
October	10.4°C	−1.4°C	4.4°C	23 mm	8 cm
November	0.9°C	−9.6°C	−4.3°C	29 mm	27 cm
December	−5.0°C	−15.4°C	−10.2°C	23 mm	23 cm
Year	9.5°C	−2.7°C	3.3°C	473 mm	132 cm

Year to year

Two years in three, January’s average lands within 4.3°C of normal, against the steadier June

Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than January, between −42.5°C (2004) and 26.0°C (2010).

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Record low to record high, 1991–2020Normal

Sources

Where Gibbons’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Fort Saskatchewan, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
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 Gibbons’s climate

How warm does Gibbons get in summer?

The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 23.6°C.

How cold does Gibbons get in winter?

Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −17.8°C.

How much rain and snow does Gibbons get?

Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 473 mm a year; July leads with 82 mm and February trails with 14 mm.

Are these figures for Gibbons itself?

They describe Fort Saskatchewan, the nearest normals location, rather than Gibbons itself.

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

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).