Saskatoon climate — normals and trends
Saskatoon (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.3 °C and it receives 400 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-16.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Saskatoon averages 191 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Saskatoon 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 38.7 °C (on 5 June 1988) and the coldest -47.2 °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
SaskatoonSaskatchewan
- coords
- 52.13°, -106.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.3°C
Average daily high
7.6°C
Average daily low
-3.1°C
Annual rainfall
400mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
20.7km/h
Seasonal range
35.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
191 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
70.8 cm
Average feels-like high
3.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 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 = 0.025
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
38.7 °C
5 June 1988
Coldest day
-47.2 °C
26 January 1950
Wettest day
54 mm
27 June 1959
Windiest day
63.9 km/h
14 October 1976
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
13 January 2021
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
5 June 1988
Coldest feels-like
-52.8 °C
26 January 1950
Snowiest day
26.7 cm
16 October 1984
Sunniest day
16.1 h
18 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -8.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 11 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | -14.8 °C | -5.6 °C | 13 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | -2.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 24 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 9.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 14 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 18 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 21.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 110 mm | +38 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | -1.7 °C | 43 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 25.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 78 mm | +29 mm |
| Sep | 23.0 °C | +5.0 °C | 12 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 29 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 1.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 18 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | -12.1 °C | -3.0 °C | 42 mm | +27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saskatoon?
Saskatoon has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.3 °C and it receives 400 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saskatoon?
The hottest day measured in Saskatoon between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1988, reaching 38.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saskatoon?
The coldest day measured in Saskatoon between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1950, at -47.2 °C.
Does it snow in Saskatoon?
Yes. Saskatoon gets on average 70.8 cm of snow per year and has around 191 frost days.
Has the climate of Saskatoon warmed?
Yes: Saskatoon warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saskatoon?
The wettest day measured in Saskatoon between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1959, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saskatoon?
The windiest day measured in Saskatoon between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 1976, with winds reaching 63.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saskatoon?
The warmest month in Saskatoon is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-16.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Saskatoon?
Saskatoon receives on average 400 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saskatoon?
Saskatoon gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saskatoon?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saskatoon between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1984, with 26.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saskatoon?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Saskatoon.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saskatoon?
In Saskatoon, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 5 June 1988, and the lowest was -52.8 °C on 26 January 1950.
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