Climate guideThirty-year normals for Edmonton
Edmonton climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean2°day and night
Seasonal swing30°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation448 mm95 wet days a year
53.55° N, 113.47° WElevation 668 mUTC−6 · Mountain Daylight Time
When to goEdmonton · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low10° / -3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Edmonton 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 10°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -7° and lows of -18°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 30°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 448 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (76 mm, 13 wet days) and February the driest (11 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 30% in July to 45% in November.
Compared with Ottawa, the capital, Edmonton is 3.6° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 23° · July
- Coldest nights
- -18° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 30% cloud
- Longest day
- 17 h 01 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 30 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 | -7° | -5° | 0° | 10° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 18° | 10° | 0° | -6° |
| Average low | -18° | -17° | -11° | -3° | 3° | 8° | 10° | 9° | 3° | -3° | -11° | -17° |
| Precipitation | 20 mm | 11 mm | 17 mm | 27 mm | 50 mm | 76 mm | 96 mm | 56 mm | 39 mm | 22 mm | 18 mm | 16 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.7 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 6 | 7.7 |
| Cloud cover | 44% | 43% | 44% | 41% | 39% | 38% | 30% | 30% | 34% | 37% | 45% | 42% |
| Daylight | 8h 02 | 9h 51 | 11h 49 | 14h 00 | 15h 54 | 17h 01 | 16h 32 | 14h 50 | 12h 43 | 10h 37 | 8h 37 | 7h 30 |
| Month score | 36 | 42 | 38 | 39 | 68 | 66 | 72 | 77 | 84 | 45 | 38 | 35 |
ivMonth by month
Edmonton in every month
January36
-7° / -18°
20 mm · 6.7 wet days
February42
-5° / -17°
11 mm · 4.7 wet days
March38
0° / -11°
17 mm · 5.8 wet days
April39
10° / -3°
27 mm · 6.8 wet days
May68
18° / 3°
50 mm · 11.8 wet days
June66
21° / 8°
76 mm · 13.2 wet days
July72
23° / 10°
96 mm · 11.8 wet days
August77
23° / 9°
56 mm · 9.8 wet days
September84
18° / 3°
39 mm · 5.7 wet days
October45
10° / -3°
22 mm · 4.7 wet days
November38
0° / -11°
18 mm · 6 wet days
December35
-6° / -17°
16 mm · 7.7 wet days