Prairie View sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 390 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 25.6°C. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 94% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is June; the driest is February. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Regina (Airport) (5.5 km south).
A year in Prairie View at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Prairie View’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Prairie View feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 203 days, 20°C on 108
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
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
Snowfall: about 105 cm in a normal 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 Prairie View
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. That means homes here need more heating than 85% of Canadian towns.
Living with Prairie View’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
From about 23 May to 14 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 114 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 84 days a year.
A humidex above 30 marks about 28 days in a normal year.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Prairie View’s hazards page does.
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 | 5.5 km south |
| 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, 64 km |
How Prairie View 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 Prairie View whose figures come from another normals location. Prairie View has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 62–80 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Regina (Airport) | 25.6°C | −20.0°C | 390 mm |
| Moose Jaw 62 km · Moose Jaw | 25.9°C about the same | −17.8°C 2.2°C milder | 422 mm |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 67 km · Kelliher | 24.2°C 1.4°C cooler | −20.0°C about the same | 501 mm |
Prairie View 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 |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 4.8°C; the steadiest, June
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −38.8°C in 2014 to 22.3°C in 2012.
Where Prairie View’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: 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, 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 Prairie View’s climate
How warm does Prairie View get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.6°C.
How cold does Prairie View get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Prairie View get?
Measured as water, a year brings 390 mm: 85 mm in June, the wettest month, and 9 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Prairie View itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Regina (Airport), just outside Prairie View’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Prairie View →
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).