Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Less rain and snow fall on Outlook than on 94% of Canadian towns: 418 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 25.2°C. The wettest month is June; the driest is February. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 81% of Canadian towns. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to August, with highs of 22–25°C.
These are not Outlook’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Rock Point, 40 km south.
A year in Outlook at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Outlook’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Outlook feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 189 frosts and 102 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 33 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 418 mm a year
About 77 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 99 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from September to May, most of all in November (about 18 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Outlook
90% 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. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Outlook’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 17 May to 23 September without frost, around 128 days in all.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Outlook’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Rock Point
Rock Point is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 40 km south |
| Station altitude | 725 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Rosetown, 68 km |
How Outlook 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Outlook’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 52–77 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Outlook.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outlook Rock Point | 25.2°C | −16.9°C | 418 mm |
| Vanscoy No. 345 52 km · Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) | 25.0°C about the same | −20.7°C 3.8°C colder | 357 mm |
| Rosetown 65 km · Rosetown | 25.2°C about the same | −19.9°C 3.0°C colder | 338 mm |
Outlook weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.0°C | −16.9°C | −12.4°C | 18 mm | 17 cm |
| February | −5.9°C | −15.1°C | −10.5°C | 12 mm | 12 cm |
| March | 0.8°C | −8.9°C | −4.0°C | 16 mm | 13 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −1.5°C | 4.6°C | 26 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 17.6°C | 4.6°C | 11.2°C | 55 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 21.5°C | 9.8°C | 15.7°C | 88 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 25.2°C | 12.5°C | 18.9°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 11.7°C | 18.4°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.5°C | 6.5°C | 13.0°C | 34 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 10.4°C | −0.5°C | 5.0°C | 27 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 0.4°C | −8.2°C | −3.9°C | 21 mm | 18 cm |
| December | −6.0°C | −14.6°C | −10.3°C | 17 mm | 16 cm |
| Year | 9.3°C | −1.7°C | 3.8°C | 418 mm | 99 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (4.6°C), June least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −38.5°C in 2014 and a high of 22.5°C in 2004.
Where Outlook’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Rock Point from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Outlook’s climate
How warm does Outlook get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.2°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Outlook get in winter?
January nights average −16.9°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Outlook get?
Around 418 mm a year in all, from 88 mm in June down to 12 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 128 days a year.
Are these figures for Outlook itself?
They describe Rock Point, the nearest normals location, rather than Outlook itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Outlook →
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).