Photo: Tim Beckett · CC BY 2.0Division No. 18, Unorganized has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.5°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of Canadian towns. Some 47°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. The heating season runs October to May: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Division No. 18, Unorganized come from La Ronge, 59 km south-west, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Division No. 18, Unorganized at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Division No. 18, Unorganized’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Division No. 18, Unorganized feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 212 days, 20°C on 79
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 66 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
About 514 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. 2nd wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. On about 91 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 146 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in November (about 25 cm). 2nd 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 Division No. 18, Unorganized
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. That means homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Division No. 18, Unorganized’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Between the last frost, near 28 May, and the first, near 14 September, lie about 109 frost-free days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Expect around 89 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Plan shade and water for about 9 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Division No. 18, Unorganized’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: La Ronge
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for La Ronge are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 59 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 379 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −47.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.1°C |
| Average wind | 11.0 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Island Falls, 152 km |
How Division No. 18, Unorganized 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 Division No. 18, Unorganized’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 126 km from Division No. 18, Unorganized.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 18, Unorganized La Ronge | 23.5°C | −23.3°C | 514 mm |
| Pelican Narrows 184B 126 km · Island Falls | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −26.2°C 2.9°C colder | 489 mm |
Division No. 18, Unorganized weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −13.3°C | −23.3°C | −18.3°C | 22 mm | 22 cm |
| February | −9.6°C | −21.6°C | −15.6°C | 19 mm | 17 cm |
| March | −1.9°C | −14.9°C | −8.4°C | 25 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 7.2°C | −5.4°C | 0.9°C | 34 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 15.0°C | 1.6°C | 8.3°C | 41 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 8.6°C | 14.6°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 11.6°C | 17.6°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.1°C | 10.4°C | 16.3°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 15.6°C | 4.7°C | 10.2°C | 57 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 6.7°C | −1.7°C | 2.5°C | 41 mm | 15 cm |
| November | −3.6°C | −11.3°C | −7.5°C | 27 mm | 25 cm |
| December | −11.4°C | −20.5°C | −16.0°C | 24 mm | 25 cm |
| Year | 5.9°C | −5.2°C | 0.4°C | 514 mm | 146 cm |
December varies most from one year to the next (4.7°C), June least
Over 1991–2020, January saw both −47.2°C (2004) and 12.5°C (1993), the widest span of any month.
Where Division No. 18, Unorganized’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for La Ronge, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 Division No. 18, Unorganized’s climate
How warm does Division No. 18, Unorganized get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Division No. 18, Unorganized get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −23.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Division No. 18, Unorganized get?
Measured as water, a year brings 514 mm: 89 mm in July, the wettest month, and 19 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Division No. 18, Unorganized itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of La Ronge, a long way from Division No. 18, Unorganized.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Division No. 18, Unorganized →
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).