Canadian Rockies Weather: Annual Temperature, Snow, Precipitation Averages

The tables here list the average yearly temperatures, snowfall and precipitation at towns, lakes and other places in Canada's Rocky Mountain parks.

The weather information covers five national parks, from Waterton Lakes in the south to Jasper in the north.

There are also climate data for adjacent provincial parks in the Rockies of Alberta's Kananaskis Country and in British Columbia.

Place name links take you to more detailed temperature or snow information for that location.

Temperature

Average annual temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Park	Place	High °C	Low °C
48	27	Banff	Banff Townsite, AB	9	-3
45	20	Banff	Lake Louise, AB	7	-7
49	28	Jasper	Jasper Townsite, AB	10	-2
50	28	Jasper	Park East Gate, Highway 16, AB	10	-2
44	19	Jasper	Sunwapta Falls, Icefields Parkway, AB	7	-7
50	27	Evan-Thomas	Barrier Lake, AB	10	-3
47	21	Peter Lougheed	Lower Kananaskis Lake, AB	8	-6
49	24	Kootenay	Kootenay Crossing, BC	9	-4
52	33	Kootenay	Park West Gate, Highway 93, BC	11	1
48	29	Mount Robson	Park West Gate, Highway 16, BC	9	-2
52	31	Waterton Lakes	Park Gate, Highway 5, AB	11	-1
51	32	Waterton Lakes	Waterton Village, AB	11	0
47	27	Yoho	Field, BC	8	-3
41	23	Yoho	Wapta Lake, Highway 1, BC	5	-5

Precipitation

These precipitation statistics are averages for rainfall plus snowfall. The calculation of days includes those when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches).

Total precipitation in a year
Days	Park	Place	Inches	Millimetres
141	Banff	Banff Townsite, AB	18.5	470
144	Banff	Lake Louise, AB	21.4	544
130	Jasper	Jasper Townsite, AB	15.5	393
114	Jasper	Park East Gate, Highway 16, AB	23.6	599
129	Jasper	Sunwapta Falls, Icefields Parkway, AB	18.8	477
121	Evan-Thomas	Barrier Lake, AB	25.2	639
137	Peter Lougheed	Lower Kananaskis Lake, AB	22.4	568
140	Kootenay	Kootenay Crossing, BC	20.5	521
134	Kootenay	Park West Gate, Highway 93, BC	17.4	441
157	Mount Robson	Park West Gate, Highway 16, BC	23.3	592
141	Waterton Lakes	Park Gate, Highway 5, AB	23.5	596
162	Waterton Lakes	Waterton Village, AB	43.2	1096
161	Yoho	Field, BC	25.3	643
181	Yoho	Wapta Lake, Highway 1, BC	35.0	889

Snowfall

Yearly snowfall averages
Days	Park	Place	Inches	Centimetres
64	Banff	Banff Townsite, AB	75.2	191.0
68	Banff	Lake Louise, AB	109.9	279.1
50	Jasper	Jasper Townsite, AB	47.3	120.0
33	Jasper	Park East Gate, Highway 16, AB	59.4	151.0
56	Jasper	Sunwapta Falls, Icefields Parkway, AB	78.0	198.2
54	Evan-Thomas	Barrier Lake, AB	101.0	256.5
63	Peter Lougheed	Lower Kananaskis Lake, AB	100.5	255.2
51	Kootenay	Kootenay Crossing, BC	62.7	159.4
36	Kootenay	Park West Gate, Highway 93, BC	39.0	99.2
58	Mount Robson	Park West Gate, Highway 16, BC	86.0	218.4
66	Waterton Lakes	Park Gate, Highway 5, AB	93.6	237.7
67	Waterton Lakes	Waterton Village, AB	189.5	481.2
65	Yoho	Field, BC	93.0	236.2
94	Yoho	Wapta Lake, Highway 1, BC	182.2	462.7

Canadian Rockies Weather:
Annual Temperature, Snow & Precipitation Averages

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Canadian Rockies Weather: Annual Temperature, Snow & Precipitation Averages

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Snowfall

Reference

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Canadian Rockies Weather:
Annual Temperature, Snow & Precipitation Averages