Photo: Tourismhumboldt · CC BY-SA 3.0Ice on the ground: Humboldt sees more frosts than 95% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 24.6°C. Some 45°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 94% of Canadian towns. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to August, with highs of 22–25°C.
Every figure here comes from Watrous, 64 km south; ECCC has no normals closer to Humboldt, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Humboldt at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Humboldt’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Humboldt feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
204 frost days and 100 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 47 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 417 mm a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 71 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 85 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 19 cm. 100th snowiest of 101 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 Humboldt
90% 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. Homes here need more heating than 94% of Canadian towns.
Living with Humboldt’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
A normal year gives the garden about 117 frost-free days, roughly 19 May to 13 September.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Count on some 85 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 22 days a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Humboldt’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Watrous
Watrous is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 64 km south |
| Station altitude | 541 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Average wind | 15.9 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Melfort, 78 km |
How Humboldt 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Humboldt’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Humboldt with figures are 65–81 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt Watrous | 24.6°C | −20.0°C | 417 mm |
| Wakaw 65 km · Prince Albert | 24.2°C about the same | −22.8°C 2.8°C colder | 432 mm |
| Blucher No. 343 80 km · Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) | 25.0°C about the same | −20.7°C 0.7°C colder | 357 mm |
| Wynyard 81 km · Kelliher | 24.2°C about the same | −20.0°C about the same | 501 mm |
| Melfort 81 km · Melfort | 23.4°C 1.2°C cooler | −21.1°C 1.1°C colder | 397 mm |
Humboldt 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 | −10.0°C | −20.0°C | −15.0°C | 14 mm | 16 cm |
| February | −8.0°C | −18.3°C | −13.1°C | 9 mm | 10 cm |
| March | −0.9°C | −11.3°C | −6.1°C | 15 mm | 13 cm |
| April | 9.5°C | −2.9°C | 3.3°C | 27 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 17.8°C | 3.3°C | 10.6°C | 47 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.8°C | 9.3°C | 15.6°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.6°C | 11.5°C | 18.1°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.3°C | 10.0°C | 17.2°C | 57 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.0°C | 4.9°C | 12.0°C | 43 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.5°C | −2.0°C | 3.8°C | 28 mm | 7 cm |
| November | −0.8°C | −10.2°C | −5.5°C | 13 mm | 12 cm |
| December | −7.9°C | −17.3°C | −12.6°C | 14 mm | 19 cm |
| Year | 8.2°C | −3.6°C | 2.3°C | 417 mm | 85 cm |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.6°C; June the least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; April’s run from −26.2°C in 2018 to 30.5°C in 2001.
Where Humboldt’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Watrous, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Humboldt’s climate
How warm does Humboldt get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 24.6°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Humboldt get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Humboldt get?
About 417 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (89 mm) and February the driest (9 mm).
Are these figures for Humboldt itself?
They are the figures for Watrous, which read better as the region’s climate than Humboldt’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Humboldt →
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).