Few Canadian towns get less rain and snow than Dewdney East: 390 mm a year
Nights in January average −20.0°C. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and February the least. Frost is common: about 203 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 94% of Canadian towns. Expect about 203 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Read at Regina (Airport), 9.2 km west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Dewdney East at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Dewdney East’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Dewdney East feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 203 frosts and 108 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. On about 45 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 390 mm of rain and snow a year
About 68 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 105 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; December 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 Dewdney East
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. That means homes here need more heating than 85% of Canadian towns.
Living with Dewdney East’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 23 May until frost returns near 14 September: about 114 days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 84 days with a wind chill below −20.
Summer brings about 28 days when the humidex passes 30.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Dewdney East’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Regina (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Regina (Airport) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 9.2 km west |
| Station altitude | 578 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 41.3°C |
| Average wind | 18.5 km/h on average, most often from the south-east |
| Next-nearest location | Moose Jaw, 74 km |
How Dewdney East 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 Dewdney East’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Dewdney East with figures are 59–72 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewdney East Regina (Airport) | 25.6°C | −20.0°C | 390 mm |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 59 km · Kelliher | 24.2°C 1.4°C cooler | −20.0°C about the same | 501 mm |
| Moose Jaw 71 km · Moose Jaw | 25.9°C about the same | −17.8°C 2.2°C milder | 422 mm |
Dewdney East 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 | −9.3°C | −20.0°C | −14.7°C | 13 mm | 20 cm |
| February | −7.3°C | −18.1°C | −12.7°C | 9 mm | 11 cm |
| March | −0.2°C | −10.8°C | −5.5°C | 15 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.6°C | −2.8°C | 3.9°C | 27 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 18.5°C | 3.4°C | 11.0°C | 47 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 9.3°C | 15.9°C | 85 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 11.6°C | 18.6°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 10.3°C | 17.9°C | 50 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.8°C | 4.9°C | 12.4°C | 32 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.6°C | −2.4°C | 4.2°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 0.4°C | −10.3°C | −5.0°C | 15 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −7.0°C | −17.1°C | −12.1°C | 14 mm | 21 cm |
| Year | 9.1°C | −3.5°C | 2.8°C | 390 mm | 105 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (4.8°C), June least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −38.8°C (2014) and 22.3°C (2012).
Where Dewdney East’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Regina (Airport) (the closest location with all twelve months of 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 Dewdney East’s climate
How warm does Dewdney East get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.6°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Dewdney East get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Dewdney East get?
Some 390 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (85 mm), the least in February (9 mm).
Are these figures for Dewdney East itself?
Nearly: Regina (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Dewdney East’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Dewdney East →
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).