Yorkton climate — normals and trends
Yorkton (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.9 °C and it receives 489 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-16.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Yorkton averages 194 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Yorkton 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 37.5 °C (on 6 June 1988) and the coldest -44.3 °C (on 20 January 1943).
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
YorktonSaskatchewan
- coords
- 51.22°, -102.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.9°C
Average daily high
7.1°C
Average daily low
-3.3°C
Annual rainfall
489mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
20.8km/h
Seasonal range
35.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
194 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
83.6 cm
Average feels-like high
3.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.5 °C
Average peak gust
37.1 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
37.5 °C
6 June 1988
Coldest day
-44.3 °C
20 January 1943
Wettest day
84 mm
17 July 1982
Windiest day
57.4 km/h
1 January 1959
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
25 September 1986
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
28 July 1951
Coldest feels-like
-50.0 °C
20 January 1943
Snowiest day
18.4 cm
18 April 2006
Sunniest day
16.0 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 | -11.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 13 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | -14.3 °C | -4.7 °C | 16 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | -3.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 26 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 8.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 36 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 54 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 21.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 92 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 57 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 24.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 89 mm | +26 mm |
| Sep | 21.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 46 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 55 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 1.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 12 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | -12.1 °C | -2.8 °C | 58 mm | +40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yorkton?
Yorkton has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.9 °C and it receives 489 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yorkton?
The hottest day measured in Yorkton between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1988, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yorkton?
The coldest day measured in Yorkton between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1943, at -44.3 °C.
Does it snow in Yorkton?
Yes. Yorkton gets on average 83.6 cm of snow per year and has around 194 frost days.
Has the climate of Yorkton warmed?
Yes: Yorkton warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yorkton?
The wettest day measured in Yorkton between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1982, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yorkton?
The windiest day measured in Yorkton between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1959, with winds reaching 57.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yorkton?
The warmest month in Yorkton is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-16.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Yorkton?
Yorkton receives on average 489 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yorkton?
Yorkton gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yorkton?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yorkton between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 2006, with 18.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yorkton?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Yorkton.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yorkton?
In Yorkton, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 28 July 1951, and the lowest was -50.0 °C on 20 January 1943.
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