The climate of Calgary
Dfb Warm-summer humid continental. Warm summers and cold, snowy winters, with rain all year. A forest climate with four distinct seasons and a cold, snowy winter, but warm summers.
Calgary is north of the equator, so summer falls in June to August and winter in December to February. The 1901 to 1930 map puts Calgary in the same zone, Dfb.
Calgary: then, now and by 2100
| Map | Climate zone | Compared with now |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 to 1930 | Dfb Warm-summer humid continental | Same as now |
| 1991 to 2020 (now) | Dfb Warm-summer humid continental | - |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP1-2.6 (low emissions) | Dfb Warm-summer humid continental | Same as now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP2-4.5 (middle of the road) | Dfb Warm-summer humid continental | Same as now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP5-8.5 (high emissions) | BSk Cold semi-arid (steppe) | Different from now |
The 2071 to 2099 rows are model projections under three emissions scenarios, not forecasts. The 1901 to 1930 row is a reconstruction. All come from Beck et al. (2023).
Under the middle-of-the-road scenario (SSP2-4.5), the model keeps Calgary in Dfb in 2071 to 2099. Under the high-emissions scenario (SSP5-8.5) it is BSk (cold semi-arid (steppe)).
Cities with the same climate as Calgary
Other big cities that are Dfb (warm-summer humid continental) in 1991 to 2020, at most two per country:
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Population of Calgary from GeoNames: 1,306,784 (rank 399 in our list of 1,000). Climate data: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0. Data sources and licences.