Climate of Edmonton
overview of the climate in the Canadian city
Edmonton has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). It falls into the NRC 4a Plant Hardiness Zone.
The city is known for having cold but sunny winters. Its average daily temperatures range from a low of −10.3 °C (13.5 °F) in January to a summer peak of 18.1 °C (64.6 °F) in July. The average maximum is 23.5 °C (74.3 °F) in July, and the average minimum is −14.7 °C (5.5 °F) in January. Temperatures can exceed 30.0 °C (86.0 °F) for an average of four to five days anytime from late April to mid-September and fall below −20.0 °C (−4.0 °F) for an average of 24.6 days. On June 30, 2021, at approximately 5:00 pm Edmonton South Campus reached a temperature of 37.4 °C (99.3 °F). This surpasses the previous 37.2 °C (99.0 °F) set on June 29, 1937.
On July 2, 2013, a record high humidex of 44 was recorded, due to an unusually humid day with a temperature of 33.9 °C (93.0 °F).
The lowest overall temperature ever recorded in Edmonton was −49.4 °C (−56.9 °F), on January 19 and 21, 1886 and February 3, 1893.
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