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Winter

Winter Season in Calgary normally starts from middle to late November all the way to late March. Calgary's winter is long and dry. The nights are long and the days are short. Freezing temperatures of minus -10 degrees up to minus -25 degrees are common during the winter times. Winter peaks during the months of January and February where it tends to be colder and lots of snow on the streets of Calgary.

Winter activities in Calgary: skiing, snowboarding @ COP, outdoor hockey, tobogganing, watching ice sculpture events, ice fishing, curling, ice skating, watching Calgary Flames hockey and Calgary Hitman games, and visiting the mountains (Banff, Lake Louise and Canmore).

Before heading outside to enjoy your activities, check out some useful winter tips to help you get the best out of Calgary weather.

Spring

Spring Season in Calgary starts from late March to middle of May. Spring in Calgary is very wet and sometimes cold. The temperature goes above zero from plus 2° to plus 5° or even higher. There are still tendencies of snow and cold weather because of Calgary's location near the Rocky Mountain. The sun starts to give warmth temperature giving way to pretty awesome time to go around the city to witness scenery changes.

Spring in Calgary can be really wet. By this time, roads and streets are very slush from melting ice and soil. Flowers and trees start to grow back and little by little adding colors to the surroundings. Calgary Weather Spring Driving Tip: If you are driving, make sure your windshield wiper fluids are filled up especially from April - middle of May. Remember, Calgary roads and streets can be really wet and slushy.

Summer

Summer Season in Calgary starts from early June to late August. Calgary's summer tends to be short and dry. Temperature goes up from plus 20° to 25° or even higher.

The city is among the sunniest in Canada, with over 2,000 hours of annual sunshine on average. On a typical Calgary summer time, the sun starts shinning from 6 am until 9 pm and sometimes until 11 pm (talk about having too much sunlight!).

During the month of June, Calgary receives its annual rainfall. Expect thunder showers and hail storm to shows up from time to time. Summer peaks on the months of July and August where it tends to get really warm.

Summer Activities in Calgary: hiking, picnic, fishing, biking, walking at numerous beautiful Calgary parks, golfing, boating at the Elbow River, Dragon Boating on Glenmore Reservoir , going to the numerous Calgary events such as the Stampede, Expo Latino and Global Fest, Calaway Park, visiting the mountains, watching the Calgary Stampeders football games, watching the Vipers baseball games and many more.

Before heading outside to enjoy your activities, check out some useful summer tips to help you get the best out of Calgary summer weather.

Fall/Autumn

Autumn Season (Fall) in Calgary starts from September to middle of November. The air gets cooler mostly during early to later parts of evening. The temperature stays around plus 5° to 10° or higher. The days get shorter while evenings start to get darker quickly, usually starting from 4 pm. Leaves from trees and flowers change their color to from green to yellow-orange –red. The wind blows leaves all over many places in the Calgary. The scenery in Calgary is like what you see typically in postcards, very beautiful.

Snow Fall can occur in Calgary during the fall season. In my experience, the last week of Oct has a change to witness early snow falls. Autumn Activities in Calgary: Harvest at the Heritage Park, Scream Fest at Calgary Olympic Park, late bbq @ the Bowness Park, biking and walking around numerous Calgary parks and busy streets, Zoo Lights begins at the Calgary Zoo and head to the mountains for jaw-dropping views.

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