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Sherwood Park, Alberta climate
Dfb Warm-summer humid continental
Sherwood Park has a strongly seasonal cold-temperate climate (Warm-summer humid continental, Köppen Dfb). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 24°C, while the coldest is January averaging around −17°C at night. Precipitation totals about 465 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — July alone averages 94 mm while February barely receives 16 mm. Winters bring significant snowfall (127 cm of snow per year on average). At latitude 54°N, day length swings from 7.2 hours in midwinter to 16.8 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 figuresHours of sunshine per day
Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)Sherwood Park climate normals (1991–2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | −6 | −3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 1 | −5 |
| Avg temp (°C) | −11 | −9 | −4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | −4 | −11 |
| Avg low (°C) | −17 | −15 | −10 | −2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | −1 | −9 | −16 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 30 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 46 | 77 | 94 | 51 | 32 | 22 | 30 | 24 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 29 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 0 | 6 | 26 | 24 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | −6 | −3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 21 |
| Avg temp (°C) | −11 | −9 | −4 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Avg low (°C) | −17 | −15 | −10 | −2 | 4 | 9 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 30 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 46 | 77 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 29 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | — |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 24 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 1 | −5 |
| Avg temp (°C) | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | −4 | −11 |
| Avg low (°C) | 11 | 10 | 5 | −1 | −9 | −16 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 94 | 51 | 32 | 22 | 30 | 24 |
| Snowfall (cm) | — | — | 0 | 6 | 26 | 24 |
Sky & atmosphere
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud cover (%) | 69 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 59 | 59 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 70 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 92 | 90 | 79 | 67 | 64 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 77 | 86 | 90 |
| Wind speed (km/h) | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 11.1 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud cover (%) | 69 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 67 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 92 | 90 | 79 | 67 | 64 | 67 |
| Wind speed (km/h) | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 9.5 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud cover (%) | 59 | 59 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 70 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 68 | 68 | 70 | 77 | 86 | 90 |
| Wind speed (km/h) | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 11.1 |
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Fort Saskatchewan, a weather station, about 24 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.