Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Estevan gets more frosts than 89% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.9°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 78% of Canadian towns. Seasons differ by 45°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to August brings highs of 23–26°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Estevan location, 8.2 km north.
A year in Estevan at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Estevan’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Estevan feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 197 days, 20°C on 112
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 42 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 455 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in June, the least in February. 5th wettest of 104 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. On about 71 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 118 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 21 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Estevan
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Estevan’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 17 May to about 17 September, some 122 days in a normal year.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Roughly 76 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 32 a year.
A typical year is calm by definition; Estevan’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Estevan
Estevan is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 8.2 km north |
| Station altitude | 580 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 40.2°C |
| Average wind | 16.7 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Kipling, 119 km |
How Estevan 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 Estevan whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 87–109 km from Estevan.
Estevan weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.4°C | −19.4°C | −13.9°C | 17 mm | 21 cm |
| February | −6.2°C | −17.3°C | −11.8°C | 15 mm | 17 cm |
| March | 1.0°C | −10.0°C | −4.5°C | 19 mm | 16 cm |
| April | 11.1°C | −2.2°C | 4.4°C | 27 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 18.3°C | 4.1°C | 11.2°C | 66 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.7°C | 10.0°C | 16.3°C | 85 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 25.9°C | 12.3°C | 19.1°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.0°C | 10.8°C | 18.4°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.3°C | 5.3°C | 12.9°C | 46 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 11.2°C | −1.7°C | 4.8°C | 29 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 1.3°C | −9.3°C | −4.0°C | 20 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −6.0°C | −16.3°C | −11.2°C | 18 mm | 21 cm |
| Year | 9.8°C | −2.8°C | 3.5°C | 455 mm | 118 cm |
In March, anything from −35.7°C to 23.4°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.8°C of the normal, −11.8°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.3°C.
Where Estevan’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Estevan: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Estevan’s climate
How warm does Estevan get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in August, with highs averaging 26.0°C.
How cold does Estevan get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −19.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Estevan get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 455 mm; the range runs from 15 mm in February to 85 mm in June.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 125 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Estevan itself?
They are the normals for Estevan, measured just outside Estevan itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Estevan →
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).