World Canada Alberta Calgary Full Year Today Sep More Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Advertisement Average Weather in Calgary Canada In Calgary, the summers are comfortable; the winters are long, freezing, and dry; and it is partly cloudy year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 12°F to 75°F and is rarely below -13°F or above 86°F. Based on the tourism score, the best time of year to visit Calgary for warm-weather activities is from early July to mid August. Advertisement Climate Summary very cold cold cool comfortable cool cold Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Now Now 68% 68% 36% 36% overcast clear precipitation: 2.9 in precipitation: 2.9 in 0.1 in 0.1 in muggy: 0% muggy: 0% 0% 0% dry dry tourism score: 5.6 tourism score: 5.6 0.0 0.0 Click on each chart for more information. Advertisement

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Best Time of Year to Visit

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Calgary throughout the year, we compute two travel scores. The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Calgary for general outdoor tourist activities is from early July to mid August, with a peak score in the third week of July. Tourism Score Tourism Score in Calgary Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 0 2 4 6 8 10 5.6 5.6 0.0 0.0 Now Now precipitation precipitation clouds clouds temperature temperature tourism score The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line). The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Calgary for hot-weather activities is from mid July to mid August, with a peak score in the last week of July. Beach/Pool Score Beach/Pool Score in Calgary Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 0 2 4 6 8 10 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 Now Now precipitation precipitation clouds clouds temperature temperature beach/pool score The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line). Methodology For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed. Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies. Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more. Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter. Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

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Topography

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Calgary are 51.050 deg latitude, -114.085 deg longitude, and 3,425 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Calgary contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 299 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,507 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (951 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (7,936 feet). The area within 2 miles of Calgary is covered by artificial surfaces (99%), within 10 miles by cropland (42%) and artificial surfaces (41%), and within 50 miles by cropland (62%) and trees (19%).

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