Photo: Kayoty · CC BY-SA 3.0Buffalo Narrows sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 23.0°C on average. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 90% of Canadian towns. Seasons differ by 45°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Frost comes on about 200 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Measured at Buffalo Narrows, 5.2 km south-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Buffalo Narrows at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Buffalo Narrows’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Buffalo Narrows feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 200 frosts and 72 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 53 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
459 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 4th wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. Some 87 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 149 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 27 cm. The 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 Buffalo Narrows
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Buffalo Narrows’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 21 May and the first autumn frost around 28 September: about 129 frost-free days between.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 85 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 7 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Buffalo Narrows: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Buffalo Narrows
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Buffalo Narrows are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 5.2 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 434 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −47.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Average wind | 10.9 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Fort McMurray, 190 km |
How Buffalo Narrows 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
Places around Buffalo Narrows whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest place to Buffalo Narrows with figures is 125 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Narrows | 23.0°C | −21.9°C | 459 mm |
| Pinehouse 125 km · La Ronge | 23.5°C 0.5°C warmer | −23.3°C 1.4°C colder | 514 mm |
Buffalo Narrows weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −12.4°C | −21.9°C | −17.2°C | 22 mm | 27 cm |
| February | −8.9°C | −19.4°C | −14.2°C | 18 mm | 21 cm |
| March | −1.7°C | −13.3°C | −7.5°C | 18 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 7.3°C | −4.0°C | 1.6°C | 26 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 15.2°C | 3.1°C | 9.2°C | 38 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 20.3°C | 9.9°C | 15.1°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.0°C | 12.7°C | 17.9°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.4°C | 11.7°C | 16.6°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 15.3°C | 6.2°C | 10.8°C | 47 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 6.3°C | −0.6°C | 2.9°C | 29 mm | 10 cm |
| November | −3.7°C | −10.2°C | −7.0°C | 24 mm | 25 cm |
| December | −10.5°C | −18.7°C | −14.6°C | 22 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 6.0°C | −3.7°C | 1.1°C | 459 mm | 149 cm |
The most changeable month: December, give or take 4.5°C; the steadiest, June
March has the widest record range, −43.5°C in 1995 to 18.0°C in 2004; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Buffalo Narrows’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Buffalo Narrows, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Buffalo Narrows’s climate
How warm does Buffalo Narrows get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.0°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Buffalo Narrows get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −21.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Buffalo Narrows get?
Count on roughly 459 mm a year, heaviest in July (82 mm) and lightest in February (18 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 159 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Buffalo Narrows itself?
Yes. They were measured in Buffalo Narrows, at ECCC’s own station there.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Buffalo Narrows →
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).