Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Aberdeen No. 373: 357 mm a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about −20.7°C. About 203 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. Some 46°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. About 63 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Aberdeen No. 373 has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), 26 km west.
A year in Aberdeen No. 373 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Aberdeen No. 373’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Aberdeen No. 373 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 203 frosts and 105 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 49 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 357 mm of rain and snow a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 91 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 20 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Aberdeen No. 373
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 95% of Canadian towns.
Living with Aberdeen No. 373’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
About 117 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 19 May to a first of 15 September.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 83 days a year.
The humidex tops 30 on about 22 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Aberdeen No. 373’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport)
ECCC builds the Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 26 km west |
| Station altitude | 504 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.6°C |
| Average wind | 15.3 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Watrous, 84 km |
How Aberdeen No. 373 compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Saskatchewan.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Aberdeen No. 373’s own would show the same figures). Aberdeen No. 373 has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 66 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen No. 373 Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) | 25.0°C | −20.7°C | 357 mm |
| Wakaw 66 km · Prince Albert | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −22.8°C 2.1°C colder | 432 mm |
Aberdeen No. 373 weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.0°C | −20.7°C | −15.4°C | 14 mm | 20 cm |
| February | −7.9°C | −18.9°C | −13.4°C | 9 mm | 11 cm |
| March | −0.7°C | −11.4°C | −6.1°C | 14 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −2.6°C | 3.9°C | 23 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 18.3°C | 3.4°C | 10.9°C | 42 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 9.0°C | 15.6°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 11.5°C | 18.3°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.8°C | 10.0°C | 17.4°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 4.7°C | 11.9°C | 32 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.9°C | −2.4°C | 3.7°C | 21 mm | 7 cm |
| November | −0.7°C | −10.4°C | −5.6°C | 14 mm | 13 cm |
| December | −8.0°C | −18.0°C | −13.0°C | 12 mm | 17 cm |
| Year | 8.5°C | −3.8°C | 2.4°C | 357 mm | 91 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 4.4°C, more than any month, and June least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −38.3°C (2003) to 19.6°C (2015).
Where Aberdeen No. 373’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Aberdeen No. 373’s climate
How warm does Aberdeen No. 373 get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.0°C.
How cold does Aberdeen No. 373 get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −20.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Aberdeen No. 373 get?
About 357 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (75 mm) and February the driest (9 mm).
Are these figures for Aberdeen No. 373 itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), not in Aberdeen No. 373; the page uses the nearest it has.
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