Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWeather without surprises: Piikani 147 keeps close to the norm for Canadian towns
July afternoons reach 24.2°C on a typical day and January nights drop to −10.4°C; 550 mm of rain and melted snow falls in a year. Expect the most rain and snow in June and the least in January. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 69% of Canadian towns. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings suit July and August, with highs of 24°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Piikani 147 is Pincher Creek, 19 km west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Piikani 147 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Piikani 147’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Piikani 147 feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
172 frost days and 88 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 19 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 550 mm a year
The wettest of 479 towns of 2,500+ in Alberta. About 82 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 111 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs September to May; March brings the most, about 22 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Pincher Creek publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Claresholm, 51 km away.
Heating a home in Piikani 147
84% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C.
Living with Piikani 147’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
A normal year gives the garden about 110 frost-free days, roughly 24 May to 12 September.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 42 days a year.
Count on some 10 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Piikani 147’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pincher Creek
ECCC builds the Pincher Creek normals from 4 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 19 km west |
| Station altitude | 1,190 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Claresholm, 51 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.5°C |
| Average wind | 21.6 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Claresholm, 51 km |
How Piikani 147 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 Piikani 147’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 31–50 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Piikani 147.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piikani 147 Pincher Creek | 24.2°C | −10.4°C | 550 mm |
| Fort Macleod 31 km · Claresholm | 25.2°C 1.0°C warmer | −13.2°C 2.8°C colder | 428 mm |
| Blood 148 40 km · Carway | 24.0°C about the same | −10.9°C 0.5°C colder | 534 mm |
Piikani 147 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 | −0.4°C | −10.4°C | −5.4°C | 14 mm | 15 cm |
| February | 0.6°C | −10.0°C | −4.7°C | 22 mm | 17 cm |
| March | 4.5°C | −6.7°C | −1.1°C | 30 mm | 22 cm |
| April | 10.1°C | −2.0°C | 4.1°C | 43 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 15.7°C | 2.8°C | 9.2°C | 72 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 19.3°C | 6.8°C | 13.0°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 9.1°C | 16.6°C | 50 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.3°C | 8.3°C | 16.4°C | 47 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 18.6°C | 4.7°C | 11.7°C | 65 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | −0.3°C | 5.4°C | 37 mm | 7 cm |
| November | 3.8°C | −5.4°C | −0.8°C | 25 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −0.5°C | −9.7°C | −5.1°C | 28 mm | 15 cm |
| Year | 10.9°C | −1.1°C | 4.9°C | 550 mm | 111 cm |
March: −36.5°C at its coldest, 22.6°C at its warmest
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 4.6°C around −4.7°C) and June least (0.9°C).
Where Piikani 147’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Pincher Creek, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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: 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 Piikani 147’s climate
How warm does Piikani 147 get in summer?
In August, the warmest month, the typical high is 24.3°C.
How cold does Piikani 147 get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −10.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Piikani 147 get?
Rain and snow add up to about 550 mm of water a year; June brings the most (116 mm), January the least (14 mm).
Are these figures for Piikani 147 itself?
No, the station behind them is Pincher Creek, beyond Piikani 147’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Piikani 147 →
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).