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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Swift Current
Swift Current climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean5°day and night
Seasonal swing29°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation385 mm70 wet days a year
50.28° N, 107.80° WElevation 742 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time
When to goSwift Current · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low11° / 0°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Swift Current has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 26° and nights 12°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -6° and lows of -15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 29°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 385 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (79 mm, 10 wet days) and February the driest (12 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 24% in July to 43% in January.
Compared with Ottawa, the capital, Swift Current is 0° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · August
- Coldest nights
- -15° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 24% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 23 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 04 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 | -6° | -4° | 3° | 11° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 26° | 20° | 11° | 2° | -4° |
| Average low | -15° | -14° | -8° | -1° | 5° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 6° | 0° | -7° | -13° |
| Precipitation | 18 mm | 12 mm | 18 mm | 22 mm | 48 mm | 79 mm | 56 mm | 44 mm | 35 mm | 20 mm | 16 mm | 17 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 8 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 6.3 |
| Cloud cover | 43% | 42% | 43% | 38% | 39% | 35% | 24% | 25% | 31% | 35% | 42% | 41% |
| Daylight | 8h 31 | 10h 06 | 11h 50 | 13h 47 | 15h 27 | 16h 23 | 15h 59 | 14h 31 | 12h 39 | 10h 47 | 9h 02 | 8h 04 |
| Month score | 44 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 75 | 75 | 79 | 81 | 91 | 51 | 44 | 39 |
ivMonth by month
Swift Current in every month
January44
-6° / -15°
18 mm · 3.5 wet days
February46
-4° / -14°
12 mm · 2.8 wet days
March44
3° / -8°
18 mm · 3.7 wet days
April44
11° / -1°
22 mm · 7.5 wet days
May75
18° / 5°
48 mm · 9.2 wet days
June75
22° / 10°
79 mm · 9.7 wet days
July79
26° / 12°
56 mm · 8 wet days
August81
26° / 12°
44 mm · 7.2 wet days
September91
20° / 6°
35 mm · 3.8 wet days
October51
11° / 0°
20 mm · 4.3 wet days
November44
2° / -7°
16 mm · 3.8 wet days
December39
-4° / -13°
17 mm · 6.3 wet days