Ice on the ground: Frenchman Butte No. 501 sees more frosts than 91% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 23.2°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 87% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 42°C. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 75 times a year.
Every figure here comes from Lloydminster, 54 km south-west; ECCC has no normals closer to Frenchman Butte No. 501, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Frenchman Butte No. 501 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Frenchman Butte No. 501’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Frenchman Butte No. 501 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
202 frost days and 85 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 41 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 424 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 103 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 18 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Frenchman Butte No. 501
88% 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. That means homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Frenchman Butte No. 501’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Count on about 121 frost-free days: the last frost averages 18 May, the first 17 September.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 78 days with a wind chill below −20.
About 10 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Frenchman Butte No. 501’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lloydminster
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Lloydminster are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 54 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 669 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.1°C |
| Average wind | 15.6 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | North Battleford, 109 km |
How Frenchman Butte No. 501 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 Frenchman Butte No. 501 whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 39–77 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Frenchman Butte No. 501.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman Butte No. 501 Lloydminster | 23.2°C | −18.8°C | 424 mm |
| Mervin No. 499 39 km · Meadow Lake | 23.7°C 0.5°C warmer | −22.8°C 4.0°C colder | 407 mm |
| Meota No. 468 77 km · North Battleford | 24.3°C 1.1°C warmer | −20.6°C 1.8°C colder | 383 mm |
Frenchman Butte No. 501 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 | −9.8°C | −18.8°C | −14.3°C | 18 mm | 18 cm |
| February | −7.3°C | −16.8°C | −12.1°C | 12 mm | 12 cm |
| March | −1.5°C | −10.8°C | −6.1°C | 15 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −2.6°C | 3.2°C | 32 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 17.0°C | 3.6°C | 10.3°C | 45 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 20.6°C | 8.7°C | 14.7°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.2°C | 11.1°C | 17.2°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 9.8°C | 16.2°C | 59 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.2°C | 4.6°C | 11.0°C | 34 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 8.6°C | −2.1°C | 3.2°C | 19 mm | 6 cm |
| November | −1.8°C | −10.0°C | −5.9°C | 17 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −8.0°C | −16.6°C | −12.3°C | 15 mm | 15 cm |
| Year | 7.5°C | −3.3°C | 2.1°C | 424 mm | 103 cm |
December strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.4°C; June the least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; February’s run from −42.5°C in 1994 to 13.5°C in 2012.
Where Frenchman Butte No. 501’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Lloydminster, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Frenchman Butte No. 501’s climate
How warm does Frenchman Butte No. 501 get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 23.2°C.
How cold does Frenchman Butte No. 501 get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −18.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Frenchman Butte No. 501 get?
June is the wettest month at 83 mm and February the driest at 12 mm, for 424 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 146 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Frenchman Butte No. 501 itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Lloydminster, a long way from Frenchman Butte No. 501.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Frenchman Butte No. 501 →
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).