Dry weather: only 412 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Siksika 146, less than on 94% of Canadian towns
Nights in January average −13.7°C. About 197 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in February. Plan for rain or snow on about 73 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Siksika 146 itself; the figures are those of Queenstown, 28 km south.
A year in Siksika 146 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Siksika 146’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Siksika 146 feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 197 days, 20°C on 102
The frost season runs September to May, and December 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
About 412 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
105 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs September to May; March brings the most, about 18 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Siksika 146
87% 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 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Siksika 146’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plant out after about 19 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 20 September, leaving roughly 123 days without frost.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Siksika 146: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Queenstown
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Queenstown.
| Distance from the town | 28 km south |
| Station altitude | 940 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Calgary (Airport), 71 km |
How Siksika 146 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 Siksika 146’s own would show the same figures). No closer place has figures: this one lies 31 km from Siksika 146.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siksika 146 Queenstown | 25.0°C | −13.7°C | 412 mm |
| Strathmore 31 km · Calgary (Airport) | 23.5°C 1.5°C cooler | −13.5°C about the same | 445 mm |
Siksika 146 weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.9°C | −13.7°C | −7.8°C | 14 mm | 14 cm |
| February | −0.5°C | −12.5°C | −6.5°C | 14 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 4.5°C | −8.1°C | −1.8°C | 19 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | −2.2°C | 4.7°C | 33 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 3.4°C | 10.5°C | 62 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 21.1°C | 8.0°C | 14.6°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 10.5°C | 17.8°C | 54 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.6°C | 9.5°C | 17.1°C | 50 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 19.5°C | 4.6°C | 12.1°C | 33 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 12.3°C | −1.7°C | 5.3°C | 18 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 4.1°C | −7.8°C | −1.8°C | 18 mm | 15 cm |
| December | −0.7°C | −12.4°C | −6.7°C | 15 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | −1.9°C | 4.8°C | 412 mm | 105 cm |
A March here can run from −35.5°C to 26.0°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±5.0°C around −6.5°C), June the one that wanders least (±0.9°C).
Where Siksika 146’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Queenstown, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Siksika 146’s climate
How warm does Siksika 146 get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.0°C.
How cold does Siksika 146 get in winter?
Expect nights around −13.7°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Siksika 146 get?
About 412 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (82 mm) and February the driest (14 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 4 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Siksika 146 itself?
They are borrowed from Queenstown, the nearest place to Siksika 146 where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Siksika 146 →
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