Few Canadian towns get less rain and snow than Uplands: 390 mm a year
In January the night’s low is typically −20.0°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in February. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 94% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season runs from June to August, with highs of 23–26°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Regina (Airport) (8.3 km south-west).
A year in Uplands at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Uplands’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Uplands 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
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. Some 45 nights a year drop under −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
On about 68 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
105 cm of snow in a typical 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 Uplands
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 85% of Canadian towns.
Living with Uplands’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Between the last frost, near 23 May, and the first, near 14 September, lie about 114 frost-free days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 84 days a year.
On some 28 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Uplands’s hazards page looks at those.
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 | 8.3 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, 71 km |
How Uplands 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Uplands’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 60–69 km from Uplands.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplands Regina (Airport) | 25.6°C | −20.0°C | 390 mm |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 60 km · Kelliher | 24.2°C 1.4°C cooler | −20.0°C about the same | 501 mm |
| Moose Jaw 68 km · Moose Jaw | 25.9°C about the same | −17.8°C 2.2°C milder | 422 mm |
Uplands 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 |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.8°C; the steadiest month is June
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −38.8°C (2014) and 22.3°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Uplands’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Regina (Airport) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Uplands’s climate
How warm does Uplands get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.6°C.
How cold does Uplands get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Uplands get?
Precipitation totals 390 mm a year, with June the wettest month (85 mm) and February the driest (9 mm).
Are these figures for Uplands itself?
Nearly: Regina (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Uplands’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Uplands →
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).