Moose Jaw climate — normals and trends
Moose Jaw (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.6 °C and it receives 432 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 (19.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-13.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Moose Jaw averages 184 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 82 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Moose Jaw between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 5 June 1988) and the coldest -42.8 °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
Moose JawSaskatchewan
- coords
- 50.40°, -105.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.6°C
Average daily high
9.1°C
Average daily low
-1.8°C
Annual rainfall
432mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
21.0km/h
Seasonal range
33.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
184 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
13 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
82 d/yr
Annual snowfall
74.7 cm
Average feels-like high
5.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.9 °C
Average peak gust
37.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 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
41.3 °C
5 June 1988
Coldest day
-42.8 °C
23 December 1983
Wettest day
80 mm
26 July 1990
Windiest day
67.0 km/h
15 January 2014
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
14 January 2021
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
7 June 1988
Coldest feels-like
-48.3 °C
26 January 1950
Snowiest day
24.0 cm
23 October 2022
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 | -7.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 19 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | -13.5 °C | -6.9 °C | 11 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 1.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 21 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 11.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 30 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 20.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 53 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 68 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | -1.4 °C | 74 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 25.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 64 mm | +14 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +4.8 °C | 41 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 40 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 3.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 17 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | -7.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 46 mm | +29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Moose Jaw?
Moose Jaw has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.6 °C and it receives 432 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Moose Jaw?
The hottest day measured in Moose Jaw between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1988, reaching 41.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Moose Jaw?
The coldest day measured in Moose Jaw between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1983, at -42.8 °C.
Does it snow in Moose Jaw?
Yes. Moose Jaw gets on average 74.7 cm of snow per year and has around 184 frost days.
Has the climate of Moose Jaw warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Moose Jaw.
What is the wettest day in Moose Jaw?
The wettest day measured in Moose Jaw between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1990, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Moose Jaw?
The windiest day measured in Moose Jaw between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 2014, with winds reaching 67.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Moose Jaw?
The warmest month in Moose Jaw is July (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-13.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Moose Jaw?
Moose Jaw receives on average 432 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 82 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Moose Jaw?
Moose Jaw gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Moose Jaw?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Moose Jaw between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 2022, with 24.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Moose Jaw?
Yes: Moose Jaw has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Moose Jaw?
In Moose Jaw, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 7 June 1988, and the lowest was -48.3 °C on 26 January 1950.
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