Photo: Voldeg and Bolton · Public domainNights turn raw in Melville each January, colder than in 92% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 24.4°C. Seasons differ by 45°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 78% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
ECCC publishes no normals for Melville itself; the figures are those of Yorkton, 44 km north-east.
A year in Melville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Melville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Melville feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
200 frost days and 96 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 51 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 448 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in June, the least in February. 7th wettest of 104 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. About 75 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 120 cm of snow a year
From September to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 27 cm. 10th snowiest of 101 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Melville
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Homes here need more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Melville’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 20 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 18 September, ends a season of about 120 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with 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 86 days a year.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 20 a year.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Melville’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Yorkton
ECCC builds the Yorkton normals from 4 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 44 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 498 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.5°C |
| Average wind | 15.0 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Kelliher, 75 km |
How Melville compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Saskatchewan.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Melville whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 59–75 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Melville.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melville Yorkton | 24.4°C | −20.9°C | 448 mm |
| Grenfell 59 km · Kipling | 24.1°C about the same | −19.1°C 1.8°C milder | 489 mm |
| Fort Qu'Appelle 72 km · Kelliher | 24.2°C about the same | −20.0°C 0.9°C milder | 501 mm |
| Indian Head 75 km · Regina (Airport) | 25.6°C 1.2°C warmer | −20.0°C 0.9°C milder | 390 mm |
Melville 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 | −11.0°C | −20.9°C | −16.0°C | 16 mm | 22 cm |
| February | −8.8°C | −19.0°C | −13.9°C | 11 mm | 14 cm |
| March | −1.9°C | −12.3°C | −7.1°C | 16 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 8.7°C | −3.3°C | 2.7°C | 20 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 17.1°C | 3.4°C | 10.3°C | 49 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.6°C | 9.6°C | 15.6°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.4°C | 12.0°C | 18.2°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.8°C | 10.5°C | 17.2°C | 63 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.3°C | 5.4°C | 11.8°C | 40 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 9.2°C | −1.6°C | 3.8°C | 28 mm | 8 cm |
| November | −1.3°C | −10.2°C | −5.8°C | 18 mm | 20 cm |
| December | −8.6°C | −17.8°C | −13.2°C | 18 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 7.6°C | −3.7°C | 2.0°C | 448 mm | 120 cm |
In March, anything from −37.4°C to 21.1°C
December is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.2°C of the normal, −13.2°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.2°C.
Where Melville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Yorkton, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Melville’s climate
How warm does Melville get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.4°C.
How cold does Melville get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −20.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Melville get?
448 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is June (90 mm); the driest, February (11 mm).
Are these figures for Melville itself?
Not directly: Melville has no ECCC normals of its own, and Yorkton stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Melville →
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).