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When to go to Edmonton
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What the averages say
On these averages, Edmonton has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in June to August.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): October to March.
- The warmest month is July (24°C) and the coolest January (-6°C). The wettest is July (95 mm) and the driest February (18 mm); about 521 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCold
- FebCold
- MarCold
- AprCool
- MayCool
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, mixed
- AugMild–warm, mixed
- SeptCool
- OctCold
- NovCold
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Edmonton
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6°C | -14°C | 22 mm | 91% | 71% | 1.1 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | -5°C | -14°C | 18 mm | 88% | 69% | 2.2 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 1°C | -9°C | 27 mm | 80% | 72% | 3.8 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 10°C | -2°C | 40 mm | 68% | 69% | 4.7 | 31°C | Cool |
| May | 17°C | 4°C | 64 mm | 65% | 63% | 5.8 | 35°C | Cool |
| June | 20°C | 9°C | 85 mm | 68% | 65% | 6 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 24°C | 12°C | 95 mm | 69% | 56% | 6.1 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 23°C | 10°C | 55 mm | 68% | 58% | 5.1 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| September | 17°C | 5°C | 41 mm | 70% | 60% | 3.5 | 37°C | Cool |
| October | 9°C | -1°C | 29 mm | 76% | 68% | 2 | 34°C | Cold |
| November | 0°C | -8°C | 26 mm | 85% | 76% | 1 | 29°C | Cold |
| December | -6°C | -13°C | 19 mm | 90% | 72% | 0.8 | 25°C | Cold |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
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