Prince Albert climate — normals and trends
Prince Albert (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.4 °C and it receives 438 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-17.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Prince Albert averages 198 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.
Prince Albert has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 5 June 1988) and the coldest -46.2 °C (on 26 January 1950).
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
Prince AlbertSaskatchewan
- coords
- 53.20°, -105.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.4°C
Average daily high
6.6°C
Average daily low
-4.0°C
Annual rainfall
438mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
35.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
198 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
81 d/yr
Annual snowfall
78.4 cm
Average feels-like high
3.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.06 · p = 0.019
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
39.1 °C
5 June 1988
Coldest day
-46.2 °C
26 January 1950
Wettest day
68 mm
16 September 2006
Windiest day
48.1 km/h
18 October 2017
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
2 July 1973
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
13 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-51.6 °C
26 January 1950
Snowiest day
35.3 cm
3 October 1969
Sunniest day
16.1 h
19 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 | -9.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 13 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | -12.9 °C | -3.0 °C | 11 mm | -0 mm |
| Mar | -1.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 16 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 10.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 7 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +5.4 °C | 10 mm | -39 mm |
| Jun | 21.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 112 mm | +36 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 10 mm | -61 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 96 mm | +38 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | +4.8 °C | 34 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 11.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 48 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | -0.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 24 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | -14.3 °C | -3.6 °C | 44 mm | +28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Prince Albert?
Prince Albert has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.4 °C and it receives 438 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Prince Albert?
The hottest day measured in Prince Albert between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1988, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Prince Albert?
The coldest day measured in Prince Albert between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1950, at -46.2 °C.
Does it snow in Prince Albert?
Yes. Prince Albert gets on average 78.4 cm of snow per year and has around 198 frost days.
Has the climate of Prince Albert warmed?
Yes: Prince Albert warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Prince Albert?
The wettest day measured in Prince Albert between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2006, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Prince Albert?
The windiest day measured in Prince Albert between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, with winds reaching 48.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Prince Albert?
The warmest month in Prince Albert is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-17.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Prince Albert?
Prince Albert receives on average 438 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Prince Albert?
Prince Albert gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Prince Albert?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Prince Albert between 1940 and 2025 was 3 October 1969, with 35.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Prince Albert?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Prince Albert.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Prince Albert?
In Prince Albert, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 13 July 2002, and the lowest was -51.6 °C on 26 January 1950.
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