Avalon is among the driest of Canadian towns: 357 mm of rain and snow a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about −20.7°C. Winter and summer sit 46°C apart. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 92% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 63 times a year.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) station, 8.9 km north-west.
A year in Avalon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Avalon’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Avalon feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 203 frosts and 105 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 49 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
357 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 91 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 20 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Avalon
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. A house here needs more heating than 95% of Canadian towns.
Living with Avalon’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 19 May and returns near 15 September, about 117 days apart.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 83 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
About 22 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Avalon’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 8.9 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 504 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.6°C |
| Average wind | 15.3 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Watrous, 95 km |
How Avalon 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 Avalon’s own would show the same figures). Avalon has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 73–95 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) | 25.0°C | −20.7°C | 357 mm |
| Outlook 73 km · Rock Point | 25.2°C about the same | −16.9°C 3.8°C milder | 418 mm |
| Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96 86 km · Prince Albert | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −22.8°C 2.1°C colder | 432 mm |
| Biggar 91 km · Rosetown | 25.2°C about the same | −19.9°C 0.8°C milder | 338 mm |
| Watrous 95 km · Watrous | 24.6°C about the same | −20.0°C 0.7°C milder | 417 mm |
Avalon 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 | −10.0°C | −20.7°C | −15.4°C | 14 mm | 20 cm |
| February | −7.9°C | −18.9°C | −13.4°C | 9 mm | 11 cm |
| March | −0.7°C | −11.4°C | −6.1°C | 14 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −2.6°C | 3.9°C | 23 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 18.3°C | 3.4°C | 10.9°C | 42 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 9.0°C | 15.6°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 11.5°C | 18.3°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.8°C | 10.0°C | 17.4°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 4.7°C | 11.9°C | 32 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.9°C | −2.4°C | 3.7°C | 21 mm | 7 cm |
| November | −0.7°C | −10.4°C | −5.6°C | 14 mm | 13 cm |
| December | −8.0°C | −18.0°C | −13.0°C | 12 mm | 17 cm |
| Year | 8.5°C | −3.8°C | 2.4°C | 357 mm | 91 cm |
March has run from −38.3°C to 19.6°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.4°C from −13.4°C. June moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Avalon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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 Avalon’s climate
How warm does Avalon get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.0°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Avalon get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −20.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Avalon get?
The year adds up to 357 mm. June is the peak month (75 mm) and February the low one (9 mm).
Are these figures for Avalon itself?
They are the normals for Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), measured just outside Avalon itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Avalon →
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).