Martensville sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 357 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −20.7°C. About 203 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in February. Windshields need scraping on about 203 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Martensville has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), 14 km south.
A year in Martensville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Martensville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Martensville feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 203 frosts and 105 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 49 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
About 357 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 63 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 91 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 20 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Martensville
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 95% of Canadian towns.
Living with Martensville’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plant out after about 19 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 15 September, leaving roughly 117 days without frost.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →On some 83 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 22 days a year.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Martensville’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport)
ECCC builds the Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 14 km south |
| Station altitude | 504 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.6°C |
| Average wind | 15.3 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Watrous, 107 km |
How Martensville 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 Martensville’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 66–94 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Martensville.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martensville Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) | 25.0°C | −20.7°C | 357 mm |
| Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96 66 km · Prince Albert | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −22.8°C 2.1°C colder | 432 mm |
| Outlook 93 km · Rock Point | 25.2°C about the same | −16.9°C 3.8°C milder | 418 mm |
| Biggar 94 km · Rosetown | 25.2°C about the same | −19.9°C 0.8°C milder | 338 mm |
Martensville weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.0°C | −20.7°C | −15.4°C | 14 mm | 20 cm |
| February | −7.9°C | −18.9°C | −13.4°C | 9 mm | 11 cm |
| March | −0.7°C | −11.4°C | −6.1°C | 14 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −2.6°C | 3.9°C | 23 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 18.3°C | 3.4°C | 10.9°C | 42 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 9.0°C | 15.6°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 11.5°C | 18.3°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.8°C | 10.0°C | 17.4°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 4.7°C | 11.9°C | 32 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.9°C | −2.4°C | 3.7°C | 21 mm | 7 cm |
| November | −0.7°C | −10.4°C | −5.6°C | 14 mm | 13 cm |
| December | −8.0°C | −18.0°C | −13.0°C | 12 mm | 17 cm |
| Year | 8.5°C | −3.8°C | 2.4°C | 357 mm | 91 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (4.4°C), June least
March has the widest record range, −38.3°C in 2003 to 19.6°C in 2015; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Martensville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Martensville’s climate
How warm does Martensville get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.0°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Martensville get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −20.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Martensville get?
A normal year brings 357 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 75 mm, February driest at 9 mm.
Are these figures for Martensville itself?
Not quite: they come from Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), the closest ECCC normals location to Martensville.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Martensville →
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).