Frosty mornings in Beaver River No. 622 outnumber those of 90% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 23.6°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 85% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 43°C apart. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 76 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Beaver River No. 622 come from Cold Lake, 67 km west, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Beaver River No. 622 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Beaver River No. 622’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Beaver River No. 622 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 198 days, 20°C on 89
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. On about 43 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 437 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 9th wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 127 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 23 cm. 7th snowiest of 102 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Beaver River No. 622
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 94% of Canadian towns.
Living with Beaver River No. 622’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Frost usually lets go around 19 May and returns near 16 September, about 119 days apart.
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 70 days in a normal year.
Expect around 11 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Beaver River No. 622’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Cold Lake
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Cold Lake, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 67 km west |
| Station altitude | 541 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.3°C |
| Average wind | 11.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Meadow Lake, 83 km |
How Beaver River No. 622 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 Beaver River No. 622’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 39 km from Beaver River No. 622, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver River No. 622 Cold Lake | 23.6°C | −19.6°C | 437 mm |
| Makwa Lake 129B 39 km · Meadow Lake | 23.7°C about the same | −22.8°C 3.2°C colder | 407 mm |
Beaver River No. 622 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 | −9.9°C | −19.6°C | −14.8°C | 17 mm | 23 cm |
| February | −6.3°C | −17.3°C | −11.8°C | 13 mm | 17 cm |
| March | 0.5°C | −10.7°C | −5.1°C | 18 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 9.4°C | −2.2°C | 3.6°C | 34 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 17.1°C | 4.1°C | 10.6°C | 40 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.0°C | 9.2°C | 15.1°C | 86 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 23.6°C | 11.8°C | 17.7°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 10.3°C | 16.4°C | 52 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 16.9°C | 4.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 8.4°C | −1.3°C | 3.6°C | 24 mm | 8 cm |
| November | −1.9°C | −9.8°C | −5.9°C | 19 mm | 23 cm |
| December | −8.7°C | −17.4°C | −13.1°C | 16 mm | 22 cm |
| Year | 7.7°C | −3.2°C | 2.3°C | 437 mm | 127 cm |
A December here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.3°C; the steadiest month is June
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −39.6°C (2009) to 17.9°C (1992).
Where Beaver River No. 622’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Cold Lake, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Beaver River No. 622’s climate
How warm does Beaver River No. 622 get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.6°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Beaver River No. 622 get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −19.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Beaver River No. 622 get?
Measured as water, a year brings 437 mm: 86 mm in June, the wettest month, and 13 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 142 days a year.
Are these figures for Beaver River No. 622 itself?
No: they come from Cold Lake, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Beaver River No. 622.
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