Few Canadian towns get less rain and snow than Maple Creek: 331 mm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −14.8°C. Its July heat outdoes that of 88% of Canadian towns. June is the wettest month, February the driest. Expect about 190 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals at Maple Creek (0.9 km east).
A year in Maple Creek at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Maple Creek’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Maple Creek feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
190 frost days and 112 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. Some 30 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 331 mm a year
105th wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. Some 57 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Maple Creek normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Medicine Hat here, 90 km away.
85 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from September to May, most of all in January (about 17 cm). 100th snowiest of 102 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Maple Creek
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Maple Creek’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun and Aug.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 48 days a year here.
About 27 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Maple Creek’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Maple Creek
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Maple Creek.
| Distance from the town | 0.9 km east |
| Station altitude | 767 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Medicine Hat, 90 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −40.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 40.1°C |
| Average wind | 13.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Medicine Hat, 90 km |
How Maple Creek 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
Places around Maple Creek whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 86 km from Maple Creek.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Creek | 27.1°C | −14.8°C | 331 mm |
| Medicine Hat 86 km · Medicine Hat | 27.7°C 0.6°C warmer | −14.1°C 0.7°C milder | 331 mm |
Maple Creek weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.8°C | −14.8°C | −8.3°C | 14 mm | 17 cm |
| February | −0.8°C | −13.8°C | −7.3°C | 10 mm | 10 cm |
| March | 5.2°C | −7.6°C | −1.2°C | 16 mm | 15 cm |
| April | 12.5°C | −1.9°C | 5.3°C | 23 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 3.3°C | 10.8°C | 45 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 8.2°C | 15.2°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.1°C | 11.2°C | 19.2°C | 35 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.5°C | 10.1°C | 18.3°C | 34 mm | 1 cm |
| September | 20.6°C | 5.2°C | 13.0°C | 31 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 12.6°C | −1.3°C | 5.7°C | 20 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 4.7°C | −8.0°C | −1.7°C | 14 mm | 13 cm |
| December | −1.0°C | −13.5°C | −7.3°C | 12 mm | 12 cm |
| Year | 12.2°C | −1.9°C | 5.1°C | 331 mm | 85 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 4.8°C, more than any month, and June least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −36.1°C (2009) and 22.8°C (2004).
Where Maple Creek’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Maple Creek: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Maple Creek’s climate
How warm does Maple Creek get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 27.1°C.
How cold does Maple Creek get in winter?
Lows sink to −14.8°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Maple Creek get?
Rain and snow add up to about 331 mm of water a year; June brings the most (76 mm), February the least (10 mm).
Are these figures for Maple Creek itself?
Yes: ECCC’s normals station is inside Maple Creek itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Maple Creek →
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).