Edmonton weather: Cool and gusty today with heat just around the corner

An aerial photo of downtown Edmonton taken on Aug. 21, 2025, over Kingsway. (Cam Wiebe / CTV News Edmonton)

An upper level low over northeastern Alberta continues to produce some showers and a few thunderstorms in north and northeastern Alberta this morning.

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That rain will move south into east-central Alberta this afternoon and tonight.

We also had a little pocket of showers move through areas just west and south of Edmonton.

But, for most of today, we should stay dry in the city and surrounding areas.

There’s just a slight risk of a spotty shower midday or early this afternoon. Otherwise partly cloudy and gusty.

We’re expecting wind to pick up to around 20 km/h gusting to 40 km/h late this morning and through the afternoon and early evening hours.

Temperatures will top out around 20 C this afternoon and this’ll be the coolest day we get for the rest of the month.

A warming trend begins Friday and really kicks into high gear through the weekend as an upper ridge pushes in from the southwest.

That ridge looks like it’s going to have some staying power, so we’ll get our longest stretch of heat this summer.

Edmonton hasn’t had anything longer than four consecutive days with daytime highs above 27 C.

It’s currently looking like we’ll get seven or eight straight days above 27 C starting this weekend and carrying right through to the end of the month.

We should also hit 30 C once or twice next week.

Also of note: the upper ridge will keep skies sunny through the weekend and all of next week. So, we’re not dealing with heat that breeds late-day thunderstorms... just sunshine and hot temperatures.

A lengthy stretch of rain-free days isn’t something we’ve had much of this summer.

In fact, this coming weekend will be the first weekend without rain in Edmonton since early June.

The past 10 weekends have all had rain on one or both days.

Here’s the forecast for Edmonton and area:

Today - Partly cloudy and windy. Slight chance of a spotty shower.

NW 20 gusting to 40 through the afternoon.

High: 20

Tonight - Cloudy periods.

9pm: 16

Friday - Mainly sunny.

Morning Low: 10

Afternoon High: 23

Saturday - Mainly sunny.

Morning Low: 11

Afternoon High: 25

Sunday - Sunny with a few clouds.

Morning Low: 12

Afternoon High: 27

Monday - Mainly sunny.

Morning Low: 13

Afternoon High: 28

Tuesday - Mainly sunny.

Morning Low: 14

Afternoon High: 30