Eston is among the driest of Canadian towns: 335 mm of rain and snow a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −19.1°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 44°C. About 203 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 95% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 61 times a year.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Eston come from Kindersley, 51 km north-west, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Eston at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Eston’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Eston feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
203 frost days and 103 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 41 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
335 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in June, the least in February. 104th wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
86 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 17 cm. 99th 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 Eston
89% 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. A house here needs more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Eston’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
A normal year gives the garden about 122 frost-free days, roughly 21 May to 20 September.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Expect around 76 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 20 a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Eston: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kindersley
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Kindersley are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 51 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 694 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 40.0°C |
| Average wind | 15.9 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Leader, 62 km |
How Eston 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 Eston’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 70–117 km from Eston.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eston Kindersley | 25.0°C | −19.1°C | 335 mm |
| Rosetown 70 km · Rosetown | 25.2°C about the same | −19.9°C 0.8°C colder | 338 mm |
| Swift Current 117 km · Swift Current | 25.0°C about the same | −15.7°C 3.4°C milder | 394 mm |
Eston 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 | −8.6°C | −19.1°C | −13.9°C | 12 mm | 17 cm |
| February | −6.0°C | −16.7°C | −11.4°C | 8 mm | 10 cm |
| March | 0.7°C | −10.2°C | −4.8°C | 12 mm | 13 cm |
| April | 11.0°C | −2.6°C | 4.2°C | 24 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 3.6°C | 10.9°C | 39 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.7°C | 8.9°C | 15.3°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 11.1°C | 18.1°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 10.1°C | 17.6°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.5°C | 4.8°C | 12.2°C | 27 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.6°C | −2.5°C | 4.1°C | 12 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 0.2°C | −10.1°C | −5.0°C | 14 mm | 13 cm |
| December | −6.7°C | −16.8°C | −11.8°C | 11 mm | 15 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | −3.3°C | 3.0°C | 335 mm | 86 cm |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 4.3°C; the steadiest, June
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −38.8°C (2014) and 25.7°C (2004), the widest span of any month.
Where Eston’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Kindersley, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Eston’s climate
How warm does Eston get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.0°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Eston get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −19.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Eston get?
Precipitation totals 335 mm a year, with June the wettest month (75 mm) and February the driest (8 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 125 days a year.
Are these figures for Eston itself?
They are the figures for Kindersley, which read better as the region’s climate than Eston’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Eston →
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).