Photo: Ktownsk · Public domainHardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Kindersley: 335 mm a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −19.1°C on average. June is the wettest month here, with about 9.8 times the rain and snow of February. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 95% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 203 days a year at 0°C or below.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Kindersley station, 6.5 km north.
A year in Kindersley at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kindersley’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Kindersley feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 203 days, 20°C on 103
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost 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
335 mm of precipitation in a typical year
104th wettest of 104 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. On about 61 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 86 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 17 cm in January, the snowiest month. 99th 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 Kindersley
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kindersley’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 21 May to about 20 September, some 122 days in a normal year.
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 →Count on some 76 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
About 20 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Kindersley’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kindersley
Kindersley is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 6.5 km north |
| Station altitude | 694 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 40.0°C |
| Average wind | 15.9 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Leader, 70 km |
How Kindersley 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Kindersley’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 81–111 km from Kindersley.
Kindersley weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.6°C | −19.1°C | −13.9°C | 12 mm | 17 cm |
| February | −6.0°C | −16.7°C | −11.4°C | 8 mm | 10 cm |
| March | 0.7°C | −10.2°C | −4.8°C | 12 mm | 13 cm |
| April | 11.0°C | −2.6°C | 4.2°C | 24 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 3.6°C | 10.9°C | 39 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.7°C | 8.9°C | 15.3°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 11.1°C | 18.1°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 10.1°C | 17.6°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.5°C | 4.8°C | 12.2°C | 27 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.6°C | −2.5°C | 4.1°C | 12 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 0.2°C | −10.1°C | −5.0°C | 14 mm | 13 cm |
| December | −6.7°C | −16.8°C | −11.8°C | 11 mm | 15 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | −3.3°C | 3.0°C | 335 mm | 86 cm |
March has run from −38.8°C to 25.7°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.3°C from −11.4°C. June moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Kindersley’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Kindersley, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Kindersley’s climate
How warm does Kindersley get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.0°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Kindersley get in winter?
January nights average −19.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Kindersley get?
The year adds up to 335 mm. June is the peak month (75 mm) and February the low one (8 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 125 days a year.
Are these figures for Kindersley itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Kindersley location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Kindersley.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kindersley →
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).