Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.0Gravelbourg is among the driest of Canadian towns: 366 mm of rain and snow a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.0°C. The wettest month is June; the driest is February. Frost is common: about 195 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season runs from June to August, with highs of 22–26°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Gravelbourg itself; the figures are those of Assiniboia, 45 km east.
A year in Gravelbourg at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Gravelbourg’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Gravelbourg feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
195 frost days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 34 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
366 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 65 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
88 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from September to May, most of all in December (about 17 cm). 98th snowiest of 102 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Assiniboia normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Swift Current, 93 km away.
Heating a home in Gravelbourg
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. A house here needs more heating than 81% of Canadian towns.
Living with Gravelbourg’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 20 May to about 18 September, some 120 days in a normal year.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 65 days a year.
Roughly 26 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Gravelbourg’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Assiniboia
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Assiniboia are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 45 km east |
| Station altitude | 724 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Swift Current, 93 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.8°C |
| Average wind | 16.9 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Moose Jaw, 87 km |
How Gravelbourg 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
Places around Gravelbourg whose figures come from another normals location. Gravelbourg has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 84–101 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravelbourg Assiniboia | 26.0°C | −16.9°C | 366 mm |
| Caronport 84 km · Moose Jaw | 25.9°C about the same | −17.8°C 0.9°C colder | 422 mm |
| Swift Current 100 km · Swift Current | 25.0°C 1.0°C cooler | −15.7°C 1.2°C milder | 394 mm |
Gravelbourg 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 | −6.8°C | −16.9°C | −11.5°C | 14 mm | 16 cm |
| February | −3.2°C | −15.3°C | −9.9°C | 9 mm | 10 cm |
| March | 2.4°C | −9.0°C | −3.5°C | 15 mm | 15 cm |
| April | 11.7°C | −2.2°C | 4.5°C | 27 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 17.8°C | 3.8°C | 10.9°C | 55 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 21.9°C | 9.3°C | 15.7°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 11.6°C | 18.8°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.1°C | 10.5°C | 18.4°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.0°C | 5.3°C | 12.8°C | 28 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 11.4°C | −1.4°C | 5.1°C | 22 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 1.8°C | −8.6°C | −3.3°C | 14 mm | 13 cm |
| December | −3.2°C | −14.6°C | −9.4°C | 12 mm | 17 cm |
| Year | 10.5°C | −2.3°C | 4.1°C | 366 mm | 88 cm |
The month with the widest range: February, −42.6°C to 18.0°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 (±4.5°C around −9.9°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.3°C).
Where Gravelbourg’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Assiniboia, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Gravelbourg’s climate
How warm does Gravelbourg get in summer?
Summer peaks in August: a typical afternoon reaches 26.1°C.
How cold does Gravelbourg get in winter?
Overnight lows average −16.9°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Gravelbourg get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 366 mm; the range runs from 9 mm in February to 81 mm in June.
Are these figures for Gravelbourg itself?
No, the station behind them is Assiniboia, beyond Gravelbourg’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Gravelbourg →
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).