Chicken 224 sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.0°C. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 94% of Canadian towns. Of all months, August brings the most precipitation and February the least. About 80 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Chicken 224 itself; the figures are those of Stony Rapids, 19 km north-west.
A year in Chicken 224 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Chicken 224’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Chicken 224 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 234 frosts and 63 warm days a year
From September to June frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 98 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
403 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
222 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs September to May; November brings the most, about 45 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 Chicken 224
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to May.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. In heating terms, homes need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Chicken 224’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
A normal year gives the garden about 79 frost-free days, roughly 10 June to 30 August.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 123 days a year.
Roughly 6 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Chicken 224’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Stony Rapids
ECCC builds the Stony Rapids normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 19 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 244 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −49.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.7°C |
| Average wind | 8.2 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Key Lake, 209 km |
How Chicken 224 compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Saskatchewan.
Chicken 224 weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −19.4°C | −29.7°C | −24.5°C | 17 mm | 33 cm |
| February | −15.0°C | −27.4°C | −21.2°C | 14 mm | 27 cm |
| March | −6.4°C | −21.7°C | −14.2°C | 18 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 3.5°C | −10.2°C | −3.4°C | 19 mm | 20 cm |
| May | 12.4°C | −1.0°C | 5.7°C | 30 mm | 11 cm |
| June | 20.2°C | 5.9°C | 13.0°C | 37 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 23.0°C | 9.2°C | 16.1°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 20.4°C | 7.8°C | 14.1°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 13.1°C | 2.3°C | 7.7°C | 59 mm | 3 cm |
| October | 3.4°C | −4.0°C | −0.3°C | 32 mm | 22 cm |
| November | −7.9°C | −16.3°C | −12.1°C | 26 mm | 45 cm |
| December | −15.9°C | −25.4°C | −20.7°C | 14 mm | 30 cm |
| Year | 2.6°C | −9.2°C | −3.3°C | 403 mm | 222 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −45.2°C to 17.2°C
December is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.4°C of the normal, −20.7°C. July is the steadiest, within 1.2°C.
Where Chicken 224’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Stony Rapids, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Chicken 224’s climate
How warm does Chicken 224 get in summer?
Expect highs near 23.0°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Chicken 224 get in winter?
Lows sink to −29.7°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Chicken 224 get?
403 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is August (77 mm); the driest, February (14 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
In a normal winter there are about 194 days with at least 1 cm of snow lying.
Are these figures for Chicken 224 itself?
They come from Stony Rapids, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Chicken 224.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Chicken 224 →
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).