Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Davidson gets more frosts than 95% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 24.6°C. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 94% of Canadian towns. Some 45°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to August brings highs of 22–25°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Watrous, 58 km north-east: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Davidson itself.
A year in Davidson at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Davidson’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Davidson feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 204 frosts and 100 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 47 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
Rain and melted snow: about 417 mm a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 71 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 85 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 19 cm in December, the snowiest month. 100th 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 Davidson
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Homes here need more heating than 94% of Canadian towns.
Living with Davidson’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
On average the last spring frost comes around 19 May and the first autumn frost around 13 September: about 117 frost-free days between.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 85 days in a normal year.
About 22 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Davidson’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Watrous
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Watrous are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 58 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 541 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Average wind | 15.9 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Rock Point, 90 km |
How Davidson 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Davidson’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 75–78 km from Davidson.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson Watrous | 24.6°C | −20.0°C | 417 mm |
| Dundurn No. 314 75 km · Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) | 25.0°C about the same | −20.7°C 0.7°C colder | 357 mm |
| McKillop No. 220 75 km · Regina (Airport) | 25.6°C 1.0°C warmer | −20.0°C about the same | 390 mm |
| Outlook 78 km · Rock Point | 25.2°C 0.6°C warmer | −16.9°C 3.1°C milder | 418 mm |
Davidson 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 | −10.0°C | −20.0°C | −15.0°C | 14 mm | 16 cm |
| February | −8.0°C | −18.3°C | −13.1°C | 9 mm | 10 cm |
| March | −0.9°C | −11.3°C | −6.1°C | 15 mm | 13 cm |
| April | 9.5°C | −2.9°C | 3.3°C | 27 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 17.8°C | 3.3°C | 10.6°C | 47 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.8°C | 9.3°C | 15.6°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.6°C | 11.5°C | 18.1°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.3°C | 10.0°C | 17.2°C | 57 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.0°C | 4.9°C | 12.0°C | 43 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.5°C | −2.0°C | 3.8°C | 28 mm | 7 cm |
| November | −0.8°C | −10.2°C | −5.5°C | 13 mm | 12 cm |
| December | −7.9°C | −17.3°C | −12.6°C | 14 mm | 19 cm |
| Year | 8.2°C | −3.6°C | 2.3°C | 417 mm | 85 cm |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 4.6°C; the steadiest, June
April has the widest record range, −26.2°C in 2018 to 30.5°C in 2001; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Davidson’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Watrous, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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 Davidson’s climate
How warm does Davidson get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 24.6°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Davidson get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Davidson get?
Measured as water, a year brings 417 mm: 89 mm in June, the wettest month, and 9 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Davidson itself?
Not really: Watrous, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Davidson.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Davidson →
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).