Whitmore Park is among the driest of Canadian towns: 390 mm of rain and snow a year
January mornings start at about −20.0°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 46°C. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 94% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 203 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Read at Regina (Airport), 5.3 km north-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Whitmore Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Whitmore Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Whitmore Park 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. 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
390 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 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
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 21 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Whitmore Park
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. By this count, homes here need more heating than 85% of Canadian towns.
Living with Whitmore Park’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 23 May and returns near 14 September, about 114 days apart.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Count on some 84 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Expect around 28 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Whitmore Park’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 5.3 km north-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 Whitmore Park 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 Whitmore Park’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 65–70 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Whitmore Park.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitmore Park Regina (Airport) | 25.6°C | −20.0°C | 390 mm |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 65 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 |
Whitmore Park 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 |
March has run from −38.8°C to 22.3°C in thirty years
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 Whitmore Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Regina (Airport), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Whitmore Park’s climate
How warm does Whitmore Park get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.6°C.
How cold does Whitmore Park get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Whitmore Park get?
Around 390 mm a year in all, from 85 mm in June down to 9 mm in February.
Are these figures for Whitmore Park itself?
They are the normals for Regina (Airport), measured just outside Whitmore Park itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Whitmore Park →
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).