Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than North Central: 390 mm a year
July afternoons average 25.6°C. Frost is common: about 203 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 94% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 46°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Regina (Airport) (4.3 km south-west).
A year in North Central at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about North Central’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in North Central 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
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. 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
About 390 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in June, the least in February. 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
About 105 cm of snow a 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 North Central
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. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 85% of Canadian towns.
Living with North Central’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 23 May to about 14 September, some 114 days in a normal year.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 84 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
A humidex above 30 marks about 28 days in a normal year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for North Central: the 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 | 4.3 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, 68 km |
How North Central 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on North Central’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 64–68 km from North Central.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Central Regina (Airport) | 25.6°C | −20.0°C | 390 mm |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 64 km · Kelliher | 24.2°C 1.4°C cooler | −20.0°C about the same | 501 mm |
| Moose Jaw 66 km · Moose Jaw | 25.9°C about the same | −17.8°C 2.2°C milder | 422 mm |
North Central 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: −38.8°C at its coldest, 22.3°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.8°C from −12.7°C. June moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where North Central’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: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 North Central’s climate
How warm does North Central get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.6°C.
How cold does North Central get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does North Central 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 North Central itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Regina (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside North Central.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for North Central →
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).