Photo: Adam sk · CC BY-SA 3.0Oxbow gets more frosts than 89% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 25.9°C. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 78% of Canadian towns. The year is lopsided: June gets about 5.7 times what February does. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
Oxbow has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Estevan, 58 km west, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Oxbow at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Oxbow’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Oxbow feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
197 frost days and 112 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 42 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
About 455 mm of rain and snow a year
5th wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. Some 71 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
118 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 21 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Oxbow
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. A house here needs more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Oxbow’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Wait until about 17 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 17 September, about 122 days later.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 76 days with a wind chill below −20.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 32 a year.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Oxbow’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Estevan
Estevan is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 58 km west |
| Station altitude | 580 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 40.2°C |
| Average wind | 16.7 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Melita, 86 km |
How Oxbow 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 Oxbow whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 28–68 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Oxbow.
Oxbow 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 | −8.4°C | −19.4°C | −13.9°C | 17 mm | 21 cm |
| February | −6.2°C | −17.3°C | −11.8°C | 15 mm | 17 cm |
| March | 1.0°C | −10.0°C | −4.5°C | 19 mm | 16 cm |
| April | 11.1°C | −2.2°C | 4.4°C | 27 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 18.3°C | 4.1°C | 11.2°C | 66 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.7°C | 10.0°C | 16.3°C | 85 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 25.9°C | 12.3°C | 19.1°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.0°C | 10.8°C | 18.4°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.3°C | 5.3°C | 12.9°C | 46 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 11.2°C | −1.7°C | 4.8°C | 29 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 1.3°C | −9.3°C | −4.0°C | 20 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −6.0°C | −16.3°C | −11.2°C | 18 mm | 21 cm |
| Year | 9.8°C | −2.8°C | 3.5°C | 455 mm | 118 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 4.8°C, more than any month, and June least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −35.7°C (2014) and 23.4°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Oxbow’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Estevan, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Oxbow’s climate
How warm does Oxbow get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C.
How cold does Oxbow get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −19.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Oxbow get?
A normal year brings 455 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 85 mm, February driest at 15 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 125 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Oxbow itself?
No: they come from Estevan, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Oxbow.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Oxbow →
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).