Photo: CharmaineZoe's Marvelous Melange from England · CC BY 2.0Kamsack has colder winter nights than 92% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 24.4°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 78% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 45°C apart. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to August, with highs of 22–24°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Yorkton, 52 km south-west: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Kamsack itself.
A year in Kamsack at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kamsack’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Kamsack feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 200 frosts and 96 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. Some 51 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
448 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 7th wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. About 75 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 120 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from September to May, most of all in December (about 27 cm). 10th 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 Kamsack
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kamsack’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 20 May until frost returns near 18 September: about 120 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →About 86 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
A humidex above 30 marks about 20 days in a normal year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Kamsack’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Yorkton
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Yorkton are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 52 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 498 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.5°C |
| Average wind | 15.0 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Roblin, 56 km |
How Kamsack 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Kamsack’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Kamsack with figures are 52–74 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamsack Yorkton | 24.4°C | −20.9°C | 448 mm |
| Roblin 52 km · Roblin | 23.7°C 0.7°C cooler | −22.3°C 1.4°C colder | 448 mm |
| Swan Valley West 58 km · Mafeking | 24.8°C about the same | −21.2°C about the same | 658 mm |
Kamsack 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 | −11.0°C | −20.9°C | −16.0°C | 16 mm | 22 cm |
| February | −8.8°C | −19.0°C | −13.9°C | 11 mm | 14 cm |
| March | −1.9°C | −12.3°C | −7.1°C | 16 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 8.7°C | −3.3°C | 2.7°C | 20 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 17.1°C | 3.4°C | 10.3°C | 49 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.6°C | 9.6°C | 15.6°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.4°C | 12.0°C | 18.2°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.8°C | 10.5°C | 17.2°C | 63 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.3°C | 5.4°C | 11.8°C | 40 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 9.2°C | −1.6°C | 3.8°C | 28 mm | 8 cm |
| November | −1.3°C | −10.2°C | −5.8°C | 18 mm | 20 cm |
| December | −8.6°C | −17.8°C | −13.2°C | 18 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 7.6°C | −3.7°C | 2.0°C | 448 mm | 120 cm |
From −37.4°C to 21.1°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is December: one year in three its average strays more than 4.2°C from −13.2°C. June moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Kamsack’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Yorkton from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Kamsack’s climate
How warm does Kamsack get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24.4°C.
How cold does Kamsack get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −20.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Kamsack get?
Some 448 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (90 mm), the least in February (11 mm).
Are these figures for Kamsack itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Yorkton, a long way from Kamsack.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kamsack →
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).