Airdrie weather

Airdrie sits about 30 km north of Calgary on open prairie, and it does not share the city's weather as closely as the drive time suggests.

Right now in Airdrie: mostly cloudy, 6°C (feels like 6°C), wind W 11 km/h. Today's high 11°C, low 1°C. Tomorrow 15°C / 0°C, 0% chance of precipitation.

6°C
Mostly cloudyFeels like 6°C · wind W 11 km/hAir quality: AQHI 3 — LowBlended with live CYYC station observations. Air quality is Environment Canada's observed AQHI for Airdrie.

No hail signal in the model for roughly the next 12 hours.

Airdrie hourly weather

TimeConditionsTempFeels likePrecip.
NowMostly cloudy6°C6°C0%
2 a.m. (+30m)Mostly cloudy6°C6°C0%
5 a.m. (+3h)Mostly cloudy2°C-2°C0%
8 a.m. (+6h)Partly cloudy1°C-3°C0%
2 p.m. (+12h)Mostly cloudy11°C6°C0%

7-day forecast for Airdrie

DayConditionsHighLowPrecip.
Today (Tue, Nov 10)Mostly cloudy11°C1°C0%
Wed, Nov 11Overcast15°C0°C0%
Thu, Nov 12Overcast14°C2°C0%
Fri, Nov 13Overcast14°C1°C0%
Sat, Nov 14Partly cloudy14°C1°C0%
Sun, Nov 15Mostly clear11°C-2°C0%
Mon, Nov 16Mostly cloudy9°C-2°C0%

What the weather is like in Airdrie

Overnight lows run colder than Calgary on calm nights, with nothing to break the wind or hold the day's heat, and Airdrie is well inside Alberta's Hailstorm Alley — summer storms tracking north out of the city regularly reach it.

Airdrie sits beside the Queen Elizabeth II Highway (Highway 2), with Nose Creek running through the city on its way south to Calgary. It is higher and more open than most of Calgary, and there is no river valley or large urban heat island to take the edge off a cold, still night, which is why its overnight lows so often sit below the city's.

In summer, what matters here is the storm track. Thunderstorms that form over the foothills west of Calgary usually drift east and northeast, and Airdrie lies on the northern edge of that path. A storm that brushes north Calgary can intensify or arrive later over Airdrie, so it is worth checking this reading separately on hail days rather than assuming the city's forecast covers it.

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