Photo: Daniel Paquet from Regina, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Frosty mornings in Foam Lake outnumber those of 90% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 24.2°C. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 75% of Canadian towns. The year is lopsided: June gets about 5.6 times what February does. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 21–24°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Foam Lake itself; the figures are those of Kelliher, 45 km south.
A year in Foam Lake at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Foam Lake’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Foam Lake feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
201 frost days and 91 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 46 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
501 mm of precipitation in a typical year
3rd wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. Some 90 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 129 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from September to May, with about 23 cm in December, the snowiest month. 4th 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 Foam Lake
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Foam Lake’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 19 May to 19 September without frost, around 122 days in all.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Foam Lake’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kelliher
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Kelliher.
| Distance from the town | 45 km south |
| Station altitude | 676 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Yorkton, 85 km |
How Foam Lake 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Foam Lake’s would only repeat its figures. Foam Lake has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 69 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foam Lake Kelliher | 24.2°C | −20.0°C | 501 mm |
| Preeceville 69 km · Yorkton | 24.4°C about the same | −20.9°C 0.9°C colder | 448 mm |
Foam Lake 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 | −10.7°C | −20.0°C | −15.3°C | 21 mm | 21 cm |
| February | −8.3°C | −18.2°C | −13.3°C | 15 mm | 15 cm |
| March | −1.3°C | −11.5°C | −6.4°C | 21 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 8.7°C | −2.9°C | 2.9°C | 33 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 3.8°C | 10.4°C | 46 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 21.3°C | 9.5°C | 15.4°C | 86 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 12.1°C | 18.2°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.7°C | 10.8°C | 17.2°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.9°C | 5.7°C | 11.8°C | 45 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 8.7°C | −1.4°C | 3.7°C | 32 mm | 11 cm |
| November | −1.6°C | −9.9°C | −5.8°C | 24 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −8.6°C | −17.2°C | −12.9°C | 24 mm | 23 cm |
| Year | 7.6°C | −3.3°C | 2.2°C | 501 mm | 129 cm |
A March here can run from −38.5°C to 19.0°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±4.4°C around −13.3°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.3°C).
Where Foam Lake’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Kelliher, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Foam Lake’s climate
How warm does Foam Lake get in summer?
Expect highs near 24.2°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Foam Lake get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Foam Lake get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 501 mm a year; June leads with 86 mm and February trails with 15 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 151 days a year.
Are these figures for Foam Lake itself?
No, they come from Kelliher; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Foam Lake itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Foam Lake →
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).