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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Saskatoon
Saskatoon climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest May · Jul · Sep
Annual mean4°day and night
Seasonal swing34°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation382 mm100 wet days a year
52.13° N, 106.67° WElevation 484 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time
When to goSaskatoon · weather score
Best timeMay · Jul · Sep
October: high / low11° / 1°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Saskatoon has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -10° and lows of -19°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 34°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 382 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (66 mm, 14 wet days) and February the driest (10 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 28% in July to 45% in January.
Compared with Ottawa, the capital, Saskatoon is 1.9° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -19° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 28% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 44 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 45 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -10° | -6° | 1° | 12° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 19° | 11° | 0° | -8° |
| Average low | -19° | -16° | -9° | -1° | 5° | 11° | 14° | 13° | 8° | 1° | -8° | -16° |
| Precipitation | 17 mm | 10 mm | 16 mm | 25 mm | 38 mm | 66 mm | 65 mm | 52 mm | 40 mm | 23 mm | 15 mm | 15 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.5 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 14.2 | 8 | 11.8 | 9 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 8 |
| Cloud cover | 45% | 44% | 44% | 39% | 39% | 38% | 28% | 28% | 35% | 38% | 43% | 44% |
| Daylight | 8h 15 | 9h 58 | 11h 49 | 13h 54 | 15h 42 | 16h 44 | 16h 17 | 14h 42 | 12h 42 | 10h 42 | 8h 49 | 7h 45 |
| Month score | 39 | 46 | 37 | 46 | 74 | 64 | 81 | 72 | 77 | 39 | 29 | 33 |
ivMonth by month
Saskatoon in every month
January39
-10° / -19°
17 mm · 5.5 wet days
February46
-6° / -16°
10 mm · 2.8 wet days
March37
1° / -9°
16 mm · 6.5 wet days
April46
12° / -1°
25 mm · 7.5 wet days
May74
18° / 5°
38 mm · 9.3 wet days
June64
22° / 11°
66 mm · 14.2 wet days
July81
25° / 14°
65 mm · 8 wet days
August72
25° / 13°
52 mm · 11.8 wet days
September77
19° / 8°
40 mm · 9 wet days
October39
11° / 1°
23 mm · 7.7 wet days
November29
0° / -8°
15 mm · 9.8 wet days
December33
-8° / -16°
15 mm · 8 wet days