Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Balgonie is among the driest of Canadian towns: 390 mm of rain and snow a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −20.0°C. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 94% of Canadian towns. June is the wettest month here, with about 9.8 times the rain and snow of February. Plan for rain or snow on about 68 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Balgonie itself; the figures are those of Regina (Airport), 29 km west.
A year in Balgonie at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Balgonie’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Balgonie feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 203 frosts and 108 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 45 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
390 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 105 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 21 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Balgonie
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. A house here needs more heating than 85% of Canadian towns.
Living with Balgonie’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 23 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 14 September, ends a season of about 114 days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 84 days in a normal year.
On some 28 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Balgonie’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Regina (Airport)
ECCC builds the Regina (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 29 km west |
| Station altitude | 578 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 41.3°C |
| Average wind | 18.5 km/h on average, most often from the south-east |
| Next-nearest location | Kelliher, 93 km |
How Balgonie compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Saskatchewan.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Balgonie’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 40–92 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Balgonie.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balgonie Regina (Airport) | 25.6°C | −20.0°C | 390 mm |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 40 km · Kelliher | 24.2°C 1.4°C cooler | −20.0°C about the same | 501 mm |
| Moose Jaw 91 km · Moose Jaw | 25.9°C about the same | −17.8°C 2.2°C milder | 422 mm |
| Weyburn No. 67 92 km · Estevan | 25.9°C about the same | −19.4°C 0.6°C milder | 455 mm |
Balgonie 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 | −9.3°C | −20.0°C | −14.7°C | 13 mm | 20 cm |
| February | −7.3°C | −18.1°C | −12.7°C | 9 mm | 11 cm |
| March | −0.2°C | −10.8°C | −5.5°C | 15 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.6°C | −2.8°C | 3.9°C | 27 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 18.5°C | 3.4°C | 11.0°C | 47 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 9.3°C | 15.9°C | 85 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 11.6°C | 18.6°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 10.3°C | 17.9°C | 50 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.8°C | 4.9°C | 12.4°C | 32 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.6°C | −2.4°C | 4.2°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 0.4°C | −10.3°C | −5.0°C | 15 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −7.0°C | −17.1°C | −12.1°C | 14 mm | 21 cm |
| Year | 9.1°C | −3.5°C | 2.8°C | 390 mm | 105 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.8°C; the steadiest month is June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −38.8°C (2014) and 22.3°C (2012).
Where Balgonie’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Regina (Airport) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Balgonie’s climate
How warm does Balgonie get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.6°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Balgonie get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Balgonie get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 390 mm a year; June leads with 85 mm and February trails with 9 mm.
Are these figures for Balgonie itself?
They describe Regina (Airport), the nearest normals location, rather than Balgonie itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Balgonie →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).