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Climate in Lloydminster (Part) · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Lloydminster (Part) gets more frosts than 91% of Canadian towns

Expect July afternoons of about 23.2°C. The wettest month is June; the driest is February. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 87% of Canadian towns. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.

July afternoons: cooler than 87% of Canadian towns
January nights: colder than 85% of Canadian towns
Rain and snow a year: drier than 87% of Canadian towns

1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Lloydminster location, 7.0 km north-west.

A year in Lloydminster (Part) at a glance

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

Jan−10°C−19°CColdest nightsSnowiest
Feb−7°C−17°C
Mar−2°C−11°C
Apr9°C−3°C
May17°C4°CLast frost ~18 May
Jun21°C9°CWettest
Jul23°C11°CWarmest
Aug23°C10°C
Sep17°C5°CFirst frost ~17 Sep
Oct9°C−2°C
Nov now−2°C−10°C
Dec−8°C−17°C

What stands out about Lloydminster (Part)’s climate

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

A normal year

What a year in Lloydminster (Part) feels like

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

Winter
−8°C / −17°C
44 mm, with 45 cm of snow
Spring
8°C / −3°C
92 mm, with 35 cm of snow
Summer
22°C / 10°C
218 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season
Autumn
8°C / −3°C
70 mm, with 23 cm of snow
Best months to be outsideJunJulAugHighs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more
Frost & warm days

202 frost days and 85 days above 20°C a year

Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. On about 41 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.

202
Frost days a year (0°C or below)
More frosts than 91% of Canadian towns
112
Days that stay below 0°C
41
Nights a year below −20°C
85
Days a year above 20°C
4
Days a year above 30°C

Frost days by month

Average days at 0°C or below

31
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Days above 20°C by month

Average days

25
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Rain & snow

About 424 mm of rain and snow a year

About 75 days a year bring 1 mm or more.

424 mm
Rain and snow a year
Drier than 87% of Canadian towns
325 mm
Of it as rain alone (77%)
83 mm
June, the wettest month
12 mm
February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

83 mm
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Rain alone by month

Millimetres

83 mm
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Snow

About 103 cm of snow a year

Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 18 cm).

103 cm
Snowfall a year
Less snowy than 89% of Canadian towns
52
Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more
146
Days a year with 1 cm or more on the ground
19 cm
Snow on the ground at the end of January, the deepest month

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

18 cm
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Snow on the ground by month

Centimetres at month’s end

19 cm
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Heating

Heating a home in Lloydminster (Part)

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

5,837 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020
1,449 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.

Living here

Living with Lloydminster (Part)’s climate

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

The garden window

Plant out after about 18 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 17 September, leaving roughly 121 days without frost.

Get outside

For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.

Parks & trails →
Wind chill

Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 78 days a year.

Humidex

Expect around 10 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.

Storms and extremes

Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Lloydminster (Part)’s hazards page does.

Flood & hazards →
Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: Lloydminster

ECCC builds the Lloydminster normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.

Distance from the town7.0 km north-west
Station altitude669 m
Completenessmeets the WMO “3 and 5” rule
WMO standard normalsYes
Coldest reading, 1991–2020−43.3°C
Hottest reading, 1991–202038.1°C
Average wind15.6 km/h on average, most often from the west
Next-nearest locationFabyan, 75 km
Compared with other towns

How Lloydminster (Part) compares

Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Saskatchewan.

July afternoons23.2°C
Lloydminster (Part)Median Canadian town
20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C
Cooler than 87% of Canadian towns103rd warmest of 104 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan
January nights−18.8°C
Lloydminster (Part)Median Canadian town
−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C
Colder than 85% of Canadian towns4th mildest of 104 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan
Rain and snow a year424 mm
Lloydminster (Part)Median Canadian town
05001,0001,500
Drier than 87% of Canadian towns
Snowfall a year103 cm
Lloydminster (Part)Median Canadian town
0100200300
Less snowy than 89% of Canadian towns
Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Lloydminster (Part)’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 58 km from Lloydminster (Part), the nearest with figures.

TownJuly highJanuary lowRain & snow
Lloydminster (Part) Lloydminster23.2°C−18.8°C424 mm
Vermilion 58 km · Fabyan23.5°C about the same−19.5°C 0.7°C colder425 mm
Month by month

Lloydminster (Part) weather by month

Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.

MonthHighLowMeanRain & snowSnow
January−9.8°C−18.8°C−14.3°C18 mm18 cm
February−7.3°C−16.8°C−12.1°C12 mm12 cm
March−1.5°C−10.8°C−6.1°C15 mm14 cm
April9.0°C−2.6°C3.2°C32 mm17 cm
May17.0°C3.6°C10.3°C45 mm4 cm
June20.6°C8.7°C14.7°C83 mm0 cm
July23.2°C11.1°C17.2°C77 mm0 cm
August22.5°C9.8°C16.2°C59 mmunder 1 cm
September17.2°C4.6°C11.0°C34 mm1 cm
October8.6°C−2.1°C3.2°C19 mm6 cm
November−1.8°C−10.0°C−5.9°C17 mm16 cm
December−8.0°C−16.6°C−12.3°C15 mm15 cm
Year7.5°C−3.3°C2.1°C424 mm103 cm
Year to year

Two years in three, December’s average lands within 4.4°C of normal, against the steadier June

February has the widest record range, −42.5°C in 1994 to 13.5°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.

Record low to record high, 1991–2020Normal
Sources

Where Lloydminster (Part)’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

  • Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Lloydminster from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
  • 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.

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

Questions about Lloydminster (Part)’s climate

How warm does Lloydminster (Part) get in summer?

July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.2°C.

How cold does Lloydminster (Part) get in winter?

The coldest nights come in January, averaging −18.8°C.

How much rain and snow does Lloydminster (Part) get?

The year adds up to 424 mm. June is the peak month (83 mm) and February the low one (12 mm).

How long does snow stay on the ground?

Roughly 146 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.

Are these figures for Lloydminster (Part) itself?

Almost: ECCC’s Lloydminster location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Lloydminster (Part).

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lloydminster (Part) →

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).