Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Meota No. 468: 383 mm a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −20.6°C on average. July is the wettest month, March the driest. Frost is common: about 208 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 208 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Meota No. 468 is North Battleford, 34 km south-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Meota No. 468 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Meota No. 468’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Meota No. 468 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
208 frost days and 98 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in December 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 383 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 71 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Meota No. 468
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Meota No. 468’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 26 May until frost returns near 13 September: about 109 days.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 80 days a year.
About 15 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Meota No. 468’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: North Battleford
North Battleford is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 34 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 548 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −45.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.5°C |
| Average wind | 14.2 km/h on average, most often from the south-east |
| Next-nearest location | Lloydminster, 111 km |
How Meota No. 468 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 Meota No. 468 whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 55–77 km from Meota No. 468.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meota No. 468 North Battleford | 24.3°C | −20.6°C | 383 mm |
| Maidstone 55 km · Lloydminster | 23.2°C 1.1°C cooler | −18.8°C 1.8°C milder | 424 mm |
| Mervin No. 499 59 km · Meadow Lake | 23.7°C 0.6°C cooler | −22.8°C 2.2°C colder | 407 mm |
Meota No. 468 weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.1°C | −20.6°C | −15.3°C | 19 mm |
| February | −7.8°C | −18.9°C | −13.3°C | 14 mm |
| March | −1.2°C | −12.0°C | −6.6°C | 13 mm |
| April | 9.9°C | −3.3°C | 3.3°C | 25 mm |
| May | 18.0°C | 3.0°C | 10.5°C | 31 mm |
| June | 21.7°C | 8.5°C | 15.1°C | 60 mm |
| July | 24.3°C | 10.8°C | 17.6°C | 77 mm |
| August | 23.7°C | 9.4°C | 16.6°C | 51 mm |
| September | 18.5°C | 4.1°C | 11.3°C | 28 mm |
| October | 9.4°C | −2.8°C | 3.3°C | 20 mm |
| November | −1.4°C | −11.1°C | −6.3°C | 21 mm |
| December | −8.4°C | −18.4°C | −13.4°C | 24 mm |
| Year | 8.1°C | −4.3°C | 1.9°C | 383 mm |
Two years in three, December’s average lands within 4.4°C of normal, against the steadier June
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −38.4°C (2003) to 19.3°C (2004).
Where Meota No. 468’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for North Battleford from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: a snowfall figure (none within 100 km), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Meota No. 468’s climate
How warm does Meota No. 468 get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 24.3°C.
How cold does Meota No. 468 get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −20.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Meota No. 468 get?
July is the wettest month at 77 mm and March the driest at 13 mm, for 383 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Meota No. 468 itself?
They are borrowed from North Battleford, the nearest place to Meota No. 468 where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Meota No. 468 →
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