Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Longlaketon No. 219: 390 mm a year
Nights in January average −20.0°C. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 94% of Canadian towns. June is the wettest month here, with about 9.8 times the rain and snow of February. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Longlaketon No. 219 has no normals station, so these come from Regina (Airport), 42 km south.
A year in Longlaketon No. 219 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Longlaketon No. 219’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Longlaketon No. 219 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 203 frosts and 108 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. On about 45 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
390 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 68 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 105 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 21 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Longlaketon No. 219
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Homes here need more heating than 85% of Canadian towns.
Living with Longlaketon No. 219’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
From about 23 May to 14 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 114 days.
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 →Plan for about 84 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 28 days a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Longlaketon No. 219’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Regina (Airport)
ECCC builds the Regina (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 42 km south |
| Station altitude | 578 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 41.3°C |
| Average wind | 18.5 km/h on average, most often from the south-east |
| Next-nearest location | Moose Jaw, 75 km |
How Longlaketon No. 219 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 Longlaketon No. 219’s own would show the same figures). Longlaketon No. 219 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 69–73 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longlaketon No. 219 Regina (Airport) | 25.6°C | −20.0°C | 390 mm |
| Moose Jaw 69 km · Moose Jaw | 25.9°C about the same | −17.8°C 2.2°C milder | 422 mm |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 70 km · Kelliher | 24.2°C 1.4°C cooler | −20.0°C about the same | 501 mm |
Longlaketon No. 219 weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.3°C | −20.0°C | −14.7°C | 13 mm | 20 cm |
| February | −7.3°C | −18.1°C | −12.7°C | 9 mm | 11 cm |
| March | −0.2°C | −10.8°C | −5.5°C | 15 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.6°C | −2.8°C | 3.9°C | 27 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 18.5°C | 3.4°C | 11.0°C | 47 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 9.3°C | 15.9°C | 85 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 11.6°C | 18.6°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 10.3°C | 17.9°C | 50 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.8°C | 4.9°C | 12.4°C | 32 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.6°C | −2.4°C | 4.2°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 0.4°C | −10.3°C | −5.0°C | 15 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −7.0°C | −17.1°C | −12.1°C | 14 mm | 21 cm |
| Year | 9.1°C | −3.5°C | 2.8°C | 390 mm | 105 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −38.8°C to 22.3°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.8°C of the normal, −12.7°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.2°C.
Where Longlaketon No. 219’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Regina (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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 Longlaketon No. 219’s climate
How warm does Longlaketon No. 219 get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.6°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Longlaketon No. 219 get in winter?
Expect nights around −20.0°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Longlaketon No. 219 get?
A normal year brings 390 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 85 mm, February driest at 9 mm.
Are these figures for Longlaketon No. 219 itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Regina (Airport), outside Longlaketon No. 219.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Longlaketon No. 219 →
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