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Medicine Hat, Alberta climate
BSk Cold semi-arid
Medicine Hat has a strongly seasonal cold-temperate climate (Cold semi-arid, Köppen BSk). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 28°C, while the coldest is February averaging around −13°C at night. Precipitation totals about 324 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — June alone averages 73 mm while December barely receives 12 mm. Light snow accumulates each winter (54 cm of snow per year on average). At latitude 50°N, day length swings from 7.9 hours in midwinter to 16.1 hours at midsummer.
Temperature & precipitation
Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation split into rain and snow · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figuresClear vs cloudy days
Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day countsMedicine Hat climate normals (1991–2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | −2 | −2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 5 | −2 |
| Avg temp (°C) | −7 | −7 | −1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 6 | −1 | −7 |
| Avg low (°C) | −13 | −13 | −7 | −1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | −7 | −13 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 12 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 45 | 73 | 36 | 36 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 12 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 9 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 8 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | −2 | −2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 23 |
| Avg temp (°C) | −7 | −7 | −1 | 6 | 12 | 16 |
| Avg low (°C) | −13 | −13 | −7 | −1 | 5 | 10 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 12 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 45 | 73 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 9 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 28 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 5 | −2 |
| Avg temp (°C) | 21 | 19 | 14 | 6 | −1 | −7 |
| Avg low (°C) | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | −7 | −13 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 36 | 36 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 12 |
| Snowfall (cm) | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 8 |
How often — frequency of weather events
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days with measurable rain (days) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Days with high ≥ 32°C (days) | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Days with low ≤ 0°C (days) | 28 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 0.1 | — | — | 1 | 17 | 25 | 29 |
| Days with snowfall ≥ 2.5 cm (days) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days with measurable rain (days) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| Days with high ≥ 32°C (days) | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | 1 |
| Days with low ≤ 0°C (days) | 28 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Days with snowfall ≥ 2.5 cm (days) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | — | — |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days with measurable rain (days) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Days with high ≥ 32°C (days) | 6 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Days with low ≤ 0°C (days) | — | — | 1 | 17 | 25 | 29 |
| Days with snowfall ≥ 2.5 cm (days) | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Sky & atmosphere
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud cover (%) | 72 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 65 | 64 | 50 | 54 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 72 |
| Clear days (≤ 30% cloud) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Partly cloudy days (30–70%) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Cloudy days (≥ 70%) | 19 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 84 | 77 | 67 | 58 | 55 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 56 | 65 | 75 | 81 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud cover (%) | 72 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 65 | 64 |
| Clear days (≤ 30% cloud) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Partly cloudy days (30–70%) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Cloudy days (≥ 70%) | 19 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 84 | 77 | 67 | 58 | 55 | 56 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud cover (%) | 50 | 54 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 72 |
| Clear days (≤ 30% cloud) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Partly cloudy days (30–70%) | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Cloudy days (≥ 70%) | 9 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 50 | 50 | 56 | 65 | 75 | 81 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 20 years of daily observations at Medicine Hat Rcs, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.
Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.