Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Dewdney Place: 390 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 25.6°C. The year is lopsided: June gets about 9.8 times what February does. Frosty nights outnumber those of 94% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Regina (Airport) location, 4.8 km west.
A year in Dewdney Place at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Dewdney Place’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Dewdney Place feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 203 frosts and 108 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 45 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 390 mm a year
Some 68 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
105 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 21 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Dewdney Place
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. A house here needs more heating than 85% of Canadian towns.
Living with Dewdney Place’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
About 114 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 23 May to a first of 14 September.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring 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 84 days a year.
A humidex above 30 marks about 28 days in a normal year.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Dewdney Place’s.
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 | 4.8 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, 70 km |
How Dewdney Place compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Saskatchewan.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Dewdney Place’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Dewdney Place with figures are 63–68 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewdney Place Regina (Airport) | 25.6°C | −20.0°C | 390 mm |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 63 km · Kelliher | 24.2°C 1.4°C cooler | −20.0°C about the same | 501 mm |
| Moose Jaw 67 km · Moose Jaw | 25.9°C about the same | −17.8°C 2.2°C milder | 422 mm |
Dewdney Place weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| 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 |
March has run from −38.8°C to 22.3°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 4.8°C around its normal of −12.7°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.2°C.
Where Dewdney Place’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Regina (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: 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 Place’s climate
How warm does Dewdney Place get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.6°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Dewdney Place get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Dewdney Place get?
The year adds up to 390 mm. June is the peak month (85 mm) and February the low one (9 mm).
Are these figures for Dewdney Place itself?
Nearly: Regina (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Dewdney Place’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Dewdney Place →
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).