Climate in Hudson Bay No. 394 · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Hudson Bay No. 394 has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns

In July the day’s top temperature is typically 24.3°C. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 85% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 47°C. Homes need heating from October to May, the months averaging under 10°C.

July afternoons: cooler than 68% of Canadian towns

January nights: colder than almost every Canadian town

Rain and snow a year: drier than 85% of Canadian towns

Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals at Hudson Bay (8.0 km east).

July high

24.3°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−22.4°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

445 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

177 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

Frost days

215

a year at 0°C or below

A year in Hudson Bay No. 394 at a glance

Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.

Jan−12°C−22°CColdest nights

Feb−8°C−21°C

Mar−1°C−14°C

Apr9°C−5°C

May17°C2°C

Jun21°C8°C

Jul24°C11°CWarmestWettest

Aug23°C10°C

Sep18°C4°C

Oct8°C−2°C

Nov now−2°C−11°CSnowiest

Dec−10°C−19°C

What stands out about Hudson Bay No. 394’s climate

Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.

Colder than almost every Canadian townJanuary nights average −22.4°C, the coldest of the year. 98th mildest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan.A wider year than 93% of Canadian townsFrom January nights to July afternoons, the year spans 46.7°C.Drier than 85% of Canadian townsAbout 445 mm of rain and melted snow a year; July is the wettest month and February the driest. 9th wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan.

A normal year

What a year in Hudson Bay No. 394 feels like

Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.

Winter

−10°C / −21°C

52 mm, with 71 cm of snow

Spring

8°C / −6°C

75 mm, with 51 cm of snow

Summer

23°C / 10°C

221 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season

Autumn

8°C / −3°C

97 mm, with 56 cm of snow

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21°C8°C

24°C11°C

23°C10°C

18°C4°C

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−2°C−11°C

−10°C−19°C

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Best months to be outsideJulAugHighs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more

Frost & warm days

Frost on 215 days, 20°C on 93

From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 61 nights a year.

215

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

More frosts than almost every Canadian town

121

Days that stay below 0°C

Nights a year below −20°C

Days a year above 20°C

Days a year above 30°C

Frost days by month

Average days at 0°C or below

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Days above 20°C by month

Average days

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Rain & snow

About 445 mm of rain and snow a year

July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 9th wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. Some 72 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.

445 mm

Rain and snow a year

Drier than 85% of Canadian towns

82 mm

July, the wettest month

13 mm

February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

82 mm

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Snow

177 cm of snow in a typical year

From September to May snow is likely; November is the peak, at about 36 cm. The snowiest of 102 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan.

177 cm

Snowfall a year

Snowier than 64% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

36 cm

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Snowfall: Mafeking, 91 km away (Hudson Bay records no complete year of it).

Heating

Heating a home in Hudson Bay No. 394

88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.

6,190 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020

1,432 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than almost every Canadian town.

Living here

Living with Hudson Bay No. 394’s climate

Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.

Get outside

Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul and Aug.

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 88 days a year.

Humidex

The humidex tops 30 on about 20 days a year: muggy days to plan around.

Storms and extremes

Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Hudson Bay No. 394’s hazards page.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: Hudson Bay

Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Hudson Bay are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.

Distance from the town	8.0 km east
Station altitude	358 m
Completeness	meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule
WMO standard normals	No
Snowfall from	Mafeking, 91 km
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−43.5°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	36.2°C
Average wind	11.1 km/h on average, most often from the south-west
Next-nearest location	Mafeking, 91 km

Compared with other towns

How Hudson Bay No. 394 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.

July afternoons24.3°C

Hudson Bay No. 394Median Canadian town

20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C

Cooler than 68% of Canadian towns

January nights−22.4°C

Hudson Bay No. 394Median Canadian town

−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C

Colder than almost every Canadian town98th mildest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan

Rain and snow a year445 mm

Hudson Bay No. 394Median Canadian town

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Drier than 85% of Canadian towns9th wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan

Snowfall a year177 cm

Hudson Bay No. 394Median Canadian town

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Snowier than 64% of Canadian townsThe snowiest of 102 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Hudson Bay No. 394’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 92–111 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Hudson Bay No. 394.

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
Hudson Bay No. 394 Hudson Bay	24.3°C	−22.4°C	445 mm
Moose Range No. 486 92 km · Nipawin	23.8°C 0.5°C cooler	−23.4°C 1.0°C colder	424 mm
Preeceville No. 334 94 km · Yorkton	24.4°C about the same	−20.9°C 1.5°C milder	448 mm
Tisdale 108 km · Melfort	23.4°C 0.9°C cooler	−21.1°C 1.3°C milder	397 mm
Swan River 111 km · Mafeking	24.8°C 0.5°C warmer	−21.2°C 1.2°C milder	658 mm

Month by month

Hudson Bay No. 394 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	−11.6°C	−22.4°C	−17.0°C	20 mm	27 cm
February	−8.3°C	−20.6°C	−14.5°C	13 mm	18 cm
March	−1.1°C	−13.9°C	−7.5°C	18 mm	19 cm
April	8.6°C	−4.7°C	2.0°C	24 mm	27 cm
May	16.6°C	1.9°C	9.2°C	33 mm	5 cm
June	21.3°C	7.9°C	14.6°C	71 mm	under 1 cm
July	24.3°C	11.1°C	17.7°C	82 mm	0 cm
August	23.2°C	9.5°C	16.4°C	68 mm	0 cm
September	17.5°C	4.1°C	10.8°C	42 mm	2 cm
October	8.3°C	−2.4°C	3.0°C	33 mm	18 cm
November	−2.3°C	−11.2°C	−6.7°C	22 mm	36 cm
December	−10.0°C	−19.3°C	−14.6°C	18 mm	26 cm
Year	7.2°C	−5.0°C	1.1°C	445 mm	177 cm

Year to year

In March, anything from −38.6°C to 19.0°C

Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; December is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±4.6°C around −14.6°C), July the one that wanders least (±1.2°C).

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Sources

Where Hudson Bay No. 394’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: ECCC’s normals for Hudson Bay, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
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 (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.

Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Questions about Hudson Bay No. 394’s climate

How warm does Hudson Bay No. 394 get in summer?

Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 24.3°C.

How cold does Hudson Bay No. 394 get in winter?

Overnight lows average −22.4°C in January, the coldest month.

How much rain and snow does Hudson Bay No. 394 get?

Count on roughly 445 mm a year, heaviest in July (82 mm) and lightest in February (13 mm).

Are these figures for Hudson Bay No. 394 itself?

Yes. Hudson Bay, where ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals were measured, lies within Hudson Bay No. 394.

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hudson Bay No. 394 →

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).