The city's weather generally features wide-open blue skies, but the temperatures can be quite unpredictable. We can get July weather in January, courtesy of the famous Chinook winds. which not only warm temperatures by 20C in a few hours, but literally sucks the snow off the ground. Of course, being so close to the mountains, we can get the occassional sprinkle of snow in any month, including July. By the way, the area's ski season usually goes from mid-November until the Victoria Day Weekend.