Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Lumsden sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 390 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.6°C. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 94% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in February. Frost comes on about 203 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are not Lumsden’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Regina (Airport), 28 km south-east.
A year in Lumsden at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lumsden’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Lumsden feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 203 frosts and 108 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 45 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 390 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 68 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 105 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 21 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Lumsden
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. By this count, homes here need more heating than 85% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lumsden’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
A normal year gives the garden about 114 frost-free days, roughly 23 May to 14 September.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 84 days a year.
Expect around 28 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Lumsden’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Regina (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Regina (Airport) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 28 km south-east |
| 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, 61 km |
How Lumsden 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Lumsden’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 56–77 km from Lumsden.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumsden Regina (Airport) | 25.6°C | −20.0°C | 390 mm |
| Moose Jaw 56 km · Moose Jaw | 25.9°C about the same | −17.8°C 2.2°C milder | 422 mm |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 74 km · Kelliher | 24.2°C 1.4°C cooler | −20.0°C about the same | 501 mm |
Lumsden weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| 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 most changeable month: February, give or take 4.8°C; the steadiest, June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −38.8°C (2014) and 22.3°C (2012).
Where Lumsden’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Regina (Airport): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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: 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 Lumsden’s climate
How warm does Lumsden get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 25.6°C.
How cold does Lumsden get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Lumsden get?
Around 390 mm a year in all, from 85 mm in June down to 9 mm in February.
Are these figures for Lumsden itself?
Not directly: Lumsden has no ECCC normals of its own, and Regina (Airport) stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lumsden →
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).