Campsie, Alberta
# Campsie, Alberta

Campsie is a hamlet in central Alberta within the County of Barrhead No. 11, located approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of Barrhead then 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of Highway 18, roughly 101 kilometres (63 mi) northwest of Edmonton. It has an elevation of 660 m (2,170 ft).

The hamlet took its name, in 1909, from Campsie, in Scotland, the ancestral home of an early postmaster. The post office operated until 1969. The community was a block settlement established by Black Canadian homesteaders from Oklahoma and Texas, within four to five years of Alberta becoming a province in 1905.

## Climate

Climate data for Campsie, Alberta :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 20.6 (69.1) | 29.4 (84.9) | 33.3 (91.9) | 37.8 (100.0) | 37.2 (99.0) | 35.0 (95.0) | 34.9 (94.8) | 32.0 (89.6) | 22.2 (72.0) | 16.0 (60.8) | 37.8 (100.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) | −2.8 (27.0) | 2.4 (36.3) | 11.3 (52.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.2 (72.0) | 16.9 (62.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | −0.9 (30.4) | −5.3 (22.5) | 9.1 (48.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) | −9.7 (14.5) | −4.0 (24.8) | 4.1 (39.4) | 9.9 (49.8) | 14.0 (57.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.8 (49.6) | 3.4 (38.1) | −6.2 (20.8) | −11.3 (11.7) | 2.4 (36.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −19.0 (−2.2) | −16.6 (2.1) | −10.5 (13.1) | −3.1 (26.4) | 2.3 (36.1) | 7.0 (44.6) | 9.4 (48.9) | 7.8 (46.0) | 2.6 (36.7) | −3.1 (26.4) | −11.6 (11.1) | −17.2 (1.0) | −4.3 (24.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −51.7 (−61.1) | −50.6 (−59.1) | −44.5 (−48.1) | −32.2 (−26.0) | −12.2 (10.0) | −7.8 (18.0) | −2.8 (27.0) | −5.0 (23.0) | −17.2 (1.0) | −28.0 (−18.4) | −45.6 (−50.1) | −51.7 (−61.1) | −51.7 (−61.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23.9 (0.94) | 13.1 (0.52) | 17.9 (0.70) | 24.3 (0.96) | 46.7 (1.84) | 86.5 (3.41) | 88.5 (3.48) | 62.2 (2.45) | 39.2 (1.54) | 22.2 (0.87) | 22.2 (0.87) | 15.5 (0.61) | 461.9 (18.19) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0.5 (0.02) | 1.4 (0.06) | 16.1 (0.63) | 44.2 (1.74) | 86.5 (3.41) | 88.5 (3.48) | 62.2 (2.45) | 38.5 (1.52) | 12.4 (0.49) | 1.0 (0.04) | 0.3 (0.01) | 351.8 (13.85) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 23.7 (9.3) | 12.6 (5.0) | 16.5 (6.5) | 8.2 (3.2) | 2.4 (0.9) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.6 (0.2) | 9.8 (3.9) | 21.2 (8.3) | 15.1 (5.9) | 110.1 (43.3) |
| Source: Environment Canada ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

Campsie recorded a population of 65 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.

