Climate guideThirty-year normals for Canmore
Canmore climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean4°day and night
Seasonal swing23°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation457 mm128 wet days a year
51.08° N, 115.35° WElevation 1,375 mUTC−6 · Mountain Daylight Time
When to goCanmore · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low10° / -1°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Canmore has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23° and nights 7°. December is the coolest month, with highs of -4° and lows of -12°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 23°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 457 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (76 mm, 18 wet days) and January the driest (18 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 25% in July to 41% in November.
Compared with Ottawa, the capital, Canmore is 3.5° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 23° · July
- Coldest nights
- -13° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- July · 25% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 32 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 56 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -3° | 0° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 23° | 23° | 18° | 10° | 2° | -4° |
| Average low | -13° | -12° | -8° | -3° | 1° | 5° | 7° | 7° | 3° | -1° | -7° | -12° |
| Precipitation | 18 mm | 18 mm | 27 mm | 35 mm | 60 mm | 76 mm | 51 mm | 53 mm | 46 mm | 30 mm | 25 mm | 18 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.3 | 7.7 | 10.3 | 12.2 | 16.3 | 18.2 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 7.3 | 7 | 9.5 | 10 |
| Cloud cover | 38% | 35% | 38% | 38% | 35% | 35% | 25% | 27% | 30% | 33% | 41% | 37% |
| Daylight | 8h 25 | 10h 03 | 11h 50 | 13h 50 | 15h 33 | 16h 32 | 16h 07 | 14h 35 | 12h 40 | 10h 45 | 8h 56 | 7h 56 |
| Month score | 42 | 38 | 30 | 26 | 50 | 65 | 71 | 73 | 80 | 40 | 31 | 32 |
ivMonth by month
Canmore in every month
January42
-3° / -13°
18 mm · 5.3 wet days
February38
0° / -12°
18 mm · 7.7 wet days
March30
5° / -8°
27 mm · 10.3 wet days
April26
10° / -3°
35 mm · 12.2 wet days
May50
15° / 1°
60 mm · 16.3 wet days
June65
19° / 5°
76 mm · 18.2 wet days
July71
23° / 7°
51 mm · 12.5 wet days
August73
23° / 7°
53 mm · 11.3 wet days
September80
18° / 3°
46 mm · 7.3 wet days
October40
10° / -1°
30 mm · 7 wet days
November31
2° / -7°
25 mm · 9.5 wet days
December32
-4° / -12°
18 mm · 10 wet days