Elbow Valley, Alberta

Elbow Valley is the trademarked name of a 'country residential' community in southern Alberta, in Rocky View County at the west edge of the city of Calgary along Highway 8. The community is bordered by Range Rd. 25 to the east and Range Rd. 31 to the west (excluding the bordering communities of Braemar Estates, Mackenas Estates, Elbow Valley West, Stonepine, Swift Creek Villas, and Lott Creek Grove). Elbow Valley is also the name used to designate a specific recreational zone located immediately southwest of the Hamlet of Bragg Creek within the Kananaskis Country park system.

Elbow Valley
Location of Elbow Valley Alberta

History

Elbow Valley gets its name from the Elbow River, a river in the region that flows into the Bow River at Fort Calgary. The name for Elbow River is descriptive and refers to the point at which it abruptly turn northward and enters the Bow River (elbow-like curve). David Thompson referred to it as "Hokaikshi" in 1814, and Arrowsmith's map of 1859 labels it "Hokaikshi" or "Moose River". The Cree called it "o-too-kwa-na" and according to Tyrell, the Stoney referred to it as "mn-no-tho-ap-ta". Until 1880, it was often called "Swift Creek", after the speed of its watercourse.

Climate
Climate data for Elbow Valley, Alberta
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 18.5
(65.3)		 21.0
(69.8)		 21.5
(70.7)		 26.0
(78.8)		 29.3
(84.7)		 30.8
(87.4)		 35.0
(95.0)		 33.1
(91.6)		 31.2
(88.2)		 27.2
(81.0)		 20.0
(68.0)		 16.0
(60.8)		 35.0
(95.0)
Average high °C (°F) 0.3
(32.5)		 2.0
(35.6)		 4.3
(39.7)		 9.8
(49.6)		 14.2
(57.6)		 18.3
(64.9)		 21.6
(70.9)		 21.7
(71.1)		 16.8
(62.2)		 11.4
(52.5)		 3.3
(37.9)		 0.0
(32.0)		 10.3
(50.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −7.9
(17.8)		 −6.1
(21.0)		 −3.3
(26.1)		 2.3
(36.1)		 6.7
(44.1)		 10.6
(51.1)		 13.2
(55.8)		 12.9
(55.2)		 8.3
(46.9)		 3.2
(37.8)		 −4.4
(24.1)		 −7.9
(17.8)		 2.3
(36.1)
Average low °C (°F) −16.1
(3.0)		 −14.1
(6.6)		 −10.9
(12.4)		 −5.2
(22.6)		 −0.9
(30.4)		 2.8
(37.0)		 4.7
(40.5)		 4.1
(39.4)		 −0.2
(31.6)		 −4.9
(23.2)		 −12.0
(10.4)		 −15.8
(3.6)		 −5.7
(21.7)
Record low °C (°F) −44.4
(−47.9)		 −43.0
(−45.4)		 −39.5
(−39.1)		 −28.9
(−20.0)		 −15.6
(3.9)		 −7.5
(18.5)		 −3.0
(26.6)		 −9.0
(15.8)		 −18.5
(−1.3)		 −32.0
(−25.6)		 −42.0
(−43.6)		 −45.6
(−50.1)		 −45.6
(−50.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 23.3
(0.92)		 21.9
(0.86)		 41.6
(1.64)		 49.2
(1.94)		 101.1
(3.98)		 124.6
(4.91)		 66.9
(2.63)		 76.9
(3.03)		 66.9
(2.63)		 41.4
(1.63)		 32.4
(1.28)		 19.9
(0.78)		 665.4
(26.20)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 0.3
(0.01)		 0.3
(0.01)		 1.7
(0.07)		 20.2
(0.80)		 78.0
(3.07)		 123.1
(4.85)		 66.9
(2.63)		 76.4
(3.01)		 56.0
(2.20)		 14.8
(0.58)		 2.0
(0.08)		 0.5
(0.02)		 440.0
(17.32)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 25.5
(10.0)		 23.7
(9.3)		 44.8
(17.6)		 30.6
(12.0)		 21.2
(8.3)		 1.4
(0.6)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.5
(0.2)		 10.3
(4.1)		 28.7
(11.3)		 32.8
(12.9)		 20.9
(8.2)		 240.4
(94.6)
Source: Environment Canada[1]
gollark: We're not using PotatOS's 8-dimensional alignment vector space.
gollark: It's an approximation. Like all models it's not exactly accurate but can be useful.
gollark: Well, on the evil/good axis, yes, linear.
gollark: I guess neutral is kind of more "mean" than "median", at least.
gollark: In that case people would have to fall into either "very good" or "very evil" most of the time.

References
  1. "Elbow Valley, Alberta". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 (in English and French). Environment Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta. Read, Tracey (1983). Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View, Calgary, Alberta.

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