Few Canadian towns get less rain and snow than Dalmeny: 357 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.0°C. Winter and summer sit 46°C apart. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 92% of Canadian towns. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to August, with highs of 22–25°C.
Borrowed figures: Dalmeny has no normals station, so these come from Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), 19 km south.
A year in Dalmeny at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Dalmeny’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Dalmeny feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
203 frost days and 105 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 49 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 357 mm of rain and snow a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 63 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
91 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 20 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Dalmeny
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
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 95% of Canadian towns.
Living with Dalmeny’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
About 117 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 19 May to a first of 15 September.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 83 days in a normal year.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 22 days a year.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Dalmeny’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport)
ECCC builds the Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 19 km south |
| Station altitude | 504 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.6°C |
| Average wind | 15.3 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | North Battleford, 111 km |
How Dalmeny 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Dalmeny’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 64–94 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Dalmeny.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalmeny Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) | 25.0°C | −20.7°C | 357 mm |
| Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96 64 km · Prince Albert | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −22.8°C 2.1°C colder | 432 mm |
| Biggar 88 km · Rosetown | 25.2°C about the same | −19.9°C 0.8°C milder | 338 mm |
Dalmeny weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.0°C | −20.7°C | −15.4°C | 14 mm | 20 cm |
| February | −7.9°C | −18.9°C | −13.4°C | 9 mm | 11 cm |
| March | −0.7°C | −11.4°C | −6.1°C | 14 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −2.6°C | 3.9°C | 23 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 18.3°C | 3.4°C | 10.9°C | 42 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 9.0°C | 15.6°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 11.5°C | 18.3°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.8°C | 10.0°C | 17.4°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 4.7°C | 11.9°C | 32 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.9°C | −2.4°C | 3.7°C | 21 mm | 7 cm |
| November | −0.7°C | −10.4°C | −5.6°C | 14 mm | 13 cm |
| December | −8.0°C | −18.0°C | −13.0°C | 12 mm | 17 cm |
| Year | 8.5°C | −3.8°C | 2.4°C | 357 mm | 91 cm |
A March here can run from −38.3°C to 19.6°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 4.4°C of its normal of −13.4°C; June keeps to within 1.1°C.
Where Dalmeny’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Dalmeny’s climate
How warm does Dalmeny get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.0°C.
How cold does Dalmeny get in winter?
January nights average −20.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Dalmeny get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 357 mm a year; June leads with 75 mm and February trails with 9 mm.
Are these figures for Dalmeny itself?
They describe Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), the nearest normals location, rather than Dalmeny itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Dalmeny →
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).