Weather Warnings for Banff

Official Environment Canada weather warnings in force for Banff and the Bow Valley — storms, extreme cold and wildfire smoke — with the wind now and the channels to check when weather turns.

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Where to check, before and during

Environment Canada — Banff weather & alertsThe full ECCC forecast and warning detail for Banff.

Alberta Emergency AlertWhere a wildfire or flood evacuation order for the Bow Valley is issued.

511 AlbertaHighway conditions, closures and avalanche control on Highway 1 and Highway 93.

Parks Canada — Banff bulletinsTrail, road and area closures and wildlife warnings inside the national park.

Get an email when a warning is issued

Official warnings, forwarded the moment the national service issues one for the area — headline and all, in its own words. Nothing in between. No account, one-click unsubscribe.

Worth knowing

Winter is the long season here

Banff runs about eight months of snow. The warnings that land most are snowfall and winter-storm warnings on the passes and extreme-cold warnings when Arctic air settles in the valley — the townsite has seen January nights near -30°C.

Summer brings wildfire smoke

In fire season the sky over the Bow Valley can fill with smoke from fires hundreds of kilometres away, and ECCC issues air-quality warnings for it. The town's own air-and-smoke reading sits alongside this page.