Frost comes to Kipling more often than to 88% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 24.1°C. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 76% of Canadian towns. Precipitation follows the seasons: June brings about 6.4 times as much as February. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 81 times a year.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Kipling station, 13 km north-west.
A year in Kipling at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kipling’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Kipling feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
194 frost days and 92 days above 20°C a year
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
489 mm of precipitation in a typical year
3rd wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 125 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 21 cm). 7th 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 Kipling
90% 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. A house here needs more heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kipling’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
A normal year gives the garden about 123 frost-free days, roughly 20 May to 22 September.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Kipling’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kipling
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Kipling.
| Distance from the town | 13 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 671 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Estevan, 101 km |
How Kipling 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 Kipling’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 59–93 km from Kipling.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kipling | 24.1°C | −19.1°C | 489 mm |
| Carlyle 59 km · Estevan | 25.9°C 1.8°C warmer | −19.4°C about the same | 455 mm |
| Moosomin 69 km · Elkhorn | 25.4°C 1.3°C warmer | −19.6°C 0.5°C colder | 517 mm |
| Indian Head 88 km · Regina (Airport) | 25.6°C 1.5°C warmer | −20.0°C 0.9°C colder | 390 mm |
| Melville 93 km · Yorkton | 24.4°C about the same | −20.9°C 1.8°C colder | 448 mm |
Kipling weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.6°C | −19.1°C | −14.4°C | 18 mm | 18 cm |
| February | −7.5°C | −17.3°C | −12.4°C | 16 mm | 15 cm |
| March | −0.5°C | −10.6°C | −5.5°C | 24 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 9.1°C | −2.4°C | 3.4°C | 33 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 16.8°C | 4.3°C | 10.5°C | 63 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 21.0°C | 10.1°C | 15.6°C | 102 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 24.1°C | 12.5°C | 18.3°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.5°C | 11.2°C | 17.4°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.1°C | 6.1°C | 12.1°C | 37 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 9.1°C | −0.9°C | 4.1°C | 31 mm | 9 cm |
| November | −0.6°C | −9.2°C | −4.9°C | 22 mm | 20 cm |
| December | −7.5°C | −16.2°C | −11.9°C | 22 mm | 21 cm |
| Year | 8.0°C | −2.6°C | 2.7°C | 489 mm | 125 cm |
In February, anything from −41.5°C to 19.5°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.3°C of the normal, −12.4°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.3°C.
Where Kipling’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Kipling, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Kipling’s climate
How warm does Kipling get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 24.1°C on a typical day.
How cold does Kipling get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −19.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Kipling get?
A normal year brings 489 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 102 mm, February driest at 16 mm.
Are these figures for Kipling itself?
Nearly: Kipling, the location behind them, sits just beyond Kipling’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kipling →
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).