Arcola East climate — normals and trends
Arcola East (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.0 °C and it receives 463 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Arcola East averages 189 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Arcola East between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 5 June 1988) and the coldest -45.7 °C (on 23 December 1983).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Arcola EastSaskatchewan
- coords
- 50.43°, -104.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.0°C
Average daily high
8.3°C
Average daily low
-2.4°C
Annual rainfall
463mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
20.1km/h
Seasonal range
33.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
189 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
79.6 cm
Average feels-like high
4.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.4 °C
Average peak gust
38.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.6 °C
5 June 1988
Coldest day
-45.7 °C
23 December 1983
Wettest day
75 mm
19 July 2022
Windiest day
59.7 km/h
14 October 1976
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
14 October 1976
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-51.0 °C
23 December 1983
Snowiest day
22.4 cm
16 October 1984
Sunniest day
16.0 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -9.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 17 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | -13.7 °C | -6.2 °C | 12 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | -1.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 23 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 10.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 41 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 65 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 21.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 96 mm | +10 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 60 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 82 mm | +26 mm |
| Sep | 22.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 46 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 48 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 2.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 12 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | -9.0 °C | -1.6 °C | 48 mm | +30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Arcola East?
Arcola East has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.0 °C and it receives 463 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arcola East?
The hottest day measured in Arcola East between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1988, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Arcola East?
The coldest day measured in Arcola East between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1983, at -45.7 °C.
Does it snow in Arcola East?
Yes. Arcola East gets on average 79.6 cm of snow per year and has around 189 frost days.
Has the climate of Arcola East warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Arcola East.
What is the wettest day in Arcola East?
The wettest day measured in Arcola East between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Arcola East?
The windiest day measured in Arcola East between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 1976, with winds reaching 59.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Arcola East?
The warmest month in Arcola East is July (18.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Arcola East?
Arcola East receives on average 463 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Arcola East?
Arcola East gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arcola East?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arcola East between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1984, with 22.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Arcola East?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Arcola East.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arcola East?
In Arcola East, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -51.0 °C on 23 December 1983.
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