Edmonton weather: Hot and sunny end to July

An aerial image of Edmonton's river valley, taken over downtown on June 17, 2025. (Cam Wiebe / CTV News Edmonton)

Here comes some heat.

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July started with back-to-back days near 30 C and we’ll end the month with with back-to-back days near 30 C.

An upper ridge will settle over the province for the next few days, keeping skies clear across most of Alberta AND helping boost temperatures.

It’s likely that we’ll have some heat warnings issued for Wednesday-Friday.

Today, we’re at the start of the warming trend with a high near 25 C this afternoon.

That’ll be just the second day in the past eleven days with a high of 25 C or hotter.

Daytime highs get to the 28 to 31 C range for Wednesday-Friday.

So...if you’ve been waiting for a heat streak, you’re getting your wish this week.

Elsewhere around the province:

The fog advisory in effect for parts of western Alberta should end by mid-morning.

A few isolated thunderstorms are possible in the foothills this evening and again Wednesday evening.

There’s also a slight risk of an isolated thunderstorm in the Lac La Biche/Cold Lake region late Wednesday.

Looking ahead to the weekend:

The upper ridge breaks down and an area of low pressure looks set to move into the province, bringing a chance of some showers or thunderstorms to western and southern Alberta on Saturday.

The best chance for some showers/thunderstorms in the Edmonton area comes late Saturday and the chance of showers continues through the first half of Sunday.

At this point, it looks like the showers should move out of the Edmonton region and off into northeastern Alberta Sunday afternoon.

Keep in mind...the timing and intensity of that precipitation is still fairly uncertain.

There’s high confidence that we’ll get at least SOME precipitation this weekend AND a bit of a cooldown, likely back to the low to mid 20s Saturday and near 20 C on Sunday.

Here’s the forecast for Edmonton and area:

Today - Mainly sunny.

High: 25

Tonight - A few clouds.

9pm: 22

Wednesday - Mainly sunny.

Morning Low: 15

Afternoon High: 28

Thursday - Mainly sunny.

Morning Low: 17

Afternoon High: 29

Friday - Mainly sunny.

Morning Low: 18

Afternoon High: 29

Saturday - Mostly cloudy. 60% chance of late-day showers or thunderstorms.

Morning Low: 17

Afternoon High: 25

Sunday - Mostly cloudy. 60% chance of showers, especially early.

Morning Low: 15

Afternoon High: 21