Swift Current climate — normals and trends
Swift Current (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.8 °C and it receives 426 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 (18.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Swift Current averages 183 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Swift Current has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 10 August 2018) and the coldest -39.9 °C (on 14 January 1972).
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
Swift CurrentSaskatchewan
- coords
- 50.28°, -107.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.8°C
Average daily high
9.3°C
Average daily low
-1.5°C
Annual rainfall
426mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
22.4km/h
Seasonal range
30.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
183 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
84.9 cm
Average feels-like high
5.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.9 °C
Average peak gust
40.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.07 · p = 0.012
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
38.3 °C
10 August 2018
Coldest day
-39.9 °C
14 January 1972
Wettest day
61 mm
28 May 1982
Windiest day
79.0 km/h
18 February 1948
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
13 January 2021
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
23 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-46.9 °C
29 December 1968
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
5 May 1986
Sunniest day
15.9 h
10 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 | -6.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 22 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | -12.8 °C | -8.0 °C | 14 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 4.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 15 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 11.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 36 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 35 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 22.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 45 mm | -33 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 92 mm | +36 mm |
| Aug | 25.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 108 mm | +60 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +5.7 °C | 5 mm | -32 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 13 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 4.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 20 mm | +0 mm |
| Dec | -4.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 55 mm | +37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Swift Current?
Swift Current has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.8 °C and it receives 426 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Swift Current?
The hottest day measured in Swift Current between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2018, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Swift Current?
The coldest day measured in Swift Current between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1972, at -39.9 °C.
Does it snow in Swift Current?
Yes. Swift Current gets on average 84.9 cm of snow per year and has around 183 frost days.
Has the climate of Swift Current warmed?
Yes: Swift Current warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Swift Current?
The wettest day measured in Swift Current between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1982, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Swift Current?
The windiest day measured in Swift Current between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1948, with winds reaching 79.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Swift Current?
The warmest month in Swift Current is July (18.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Swift Current?
Swift Current receives on average 426 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Swift Current?
Swift Current gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Swift Current?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Swift Current between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 1986, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Swift Current?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Swift Current.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Swift Current?
In Swift Current, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 23 July 2007, and the lowest was -46.9 °C on 29 December 1968.
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