Downtown sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 390 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 25.6°C. Some 46°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. About 203 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 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, 4.4 km south-west.
A year in Downtown at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Downtown’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Downtown feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
203 frost days and 108 days above 20°C 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
June is the wettest month and February the driest. 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
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 21 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Downtown
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 85% of Canadian towns.
Living with Downtown’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 23 May to about 14 September, some 114 days in a normal year.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 84 days in a normal year.
Summer brings about 28 days when the humidex passes 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Downtown’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Regina (Airport)
ECCC builds the Regina (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 4.4 km south-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, 69 km |
How Downtown 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Downtown’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 63–68 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Downtown.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown 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 |
Downtown weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 4.8°C; the steadiest, June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −38.8°C (2014) and 22.3°C (2012).
Where Downtown’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Regina (Airport), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of 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 Downtown’s climate
How warm does Downtown get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.6°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Downtown get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Downtown get?
June is the wettest month at 85 mm and February the driest at 9 mm, for 390 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Downtown itself?
They are the normals for Regina (Airport), measured just outside Downtown itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Downtown →
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).