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Alberta's climate, from its own records.
Alberta is warming, mostly in winter. Free to read on Flossy Data.
What it is
Alberta’s climate, from its own measurements.
Weather-station records back to the 1880s, every wildfire the province has mapped, river gauges that have run for over a century, the official record book, and the federal climate projections for Edmonton and Calgary.
What it shows
Alberta is warming, mostly in winter.
Edmonton’s 10-year average is up about 1.7 °C since the 1880s. Winters have warmed about three times as much as summers. It’s the same story across ten stations, from Fort Chip to Medicine Hat, and five of the ten warmest years have come since 2015.
In 2023, wildfire burned about 17 times the area of an average year. Rain and snow have changed much less than temperature: over a century, Calgary’s yearly total is up only about 13%. The federal models say Edmonton warms about two to five more degrees by the end of the century, depending on emissions.
How it was made
Published government measurement, nothing modelled here.
Environment Canada’s station records and adjusted series, Alberta Wildfire’s fire map, the Water Survey of Canada’s gauges, and the federal climate projections. Data refreshed 15 October 2026. It’s free to read, no account needed.