Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Creighton has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.7°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 48°C. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 76% of Canadian towns. Plan time outside from June to August, when highs sit at 21–24°C.
Borrowed figures: Creighton has no normals station, so these come from Flin Flon, 16 km south-east.
A year in Creighton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Creighton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Creighton feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 207 frosts and 76 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 69 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
491 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 3rd wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. On about 83 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 133 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; November is the peak, at about 24 cm. 4th 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 Creighton
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Creighton’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plant out after about 21 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 24 September, leaving roughly 125 days without frost.
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 →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Creighton’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Flin Flon
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Flin Flon are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 16 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 304 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.0°C |
| Average wind | 10.0 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Island Falls, 91 km |
How Creighton 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.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Creighton whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 72–112 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Creighton.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creighton Flin Flon | 23.7°C | −24.1°C | 491 mm |
| Kelsey 72 km · The Pas | 23.9°C about the same | −23.4°C 0.7°C milder | 469 mm |
| Pelican Narrows 184B 80 km · Island Falls | 23.0°C 0.7°C cooler | −26.2°C 2.1°C colder | 489 mm |
Creighton weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −14.8°C | −24.1°C | −19.5°C | 24 mm | 24 cm |
| February | −11.1°C | −22.6°C | −16.9°C | 16 mm | 16 cm |
| March | −3.0°C | −16.0°C | −9.6°C | 19 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 6.4°C | −6.0°C | 0.2°C | 22 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 14.5°C | 2.1°C | 8.3°C | 39 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.6°C | 9.6°C | 15.1°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.7°C | 13.2°C | 18.5°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.1°C | 12.2°C | 17.2°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 15.5°C | 6.3°C | 10.9°C | 62 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 6.1°C | −0.6°C | 2.8°C | 39 mm | 11 cm |
| November | −4.4°C | −11.1°C | −7.8°C | 26 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −12.5°C | −20.7°C | −16.7°C | 23 mm | 23 cm |
| Year | 5.2°C | −4.8°C | 0.2°C | 491 mm | 133 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −41.0°C to 15.6°C
Two years in three, December’s average falls within 4.3°C of its normal of −16.7°C; July keeps to within 1.2°C.
Where Creighton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Flin Flon (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Creighton’s climate
How warm does Creighton get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 23.7°C.
How cold does Creighton get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −24.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Creighton get?
About 491 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (86 mm) and February the driest (16 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 164 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Creighton itself?
Not quite: they come from Flin Flon, the closest ECCC normals location to Creighton.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Creighton →
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).