Hardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Brighton: 357 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 25.0°C. The year is lopsided: June gets about 8.2 times what February does. Frost is common: about 203 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. About 63 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) location, 12 km west.
A year in Brighton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Brighton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Brighton feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
203 frost days and 105 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 49 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 357 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
91 cm of snow in a typical 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 Brighton
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. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 95% of Canadian towns.
Living with Brighton’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
About 117 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 19 May to a first of 15 September.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 83 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 22 days a year.
A typical year is calm by definition; Brighton’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 12 km 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, 91 km |
How Brighton 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Brighton’s would only repeat its figures. Brighton has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 79–92 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) | 25.0°C | −20.7°C | 357 mm |
| Outlook 79 km · Rock Point | 25.2°C about the same | −16.9°C 3.8°C milder | 418 mm |
| Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96 80 km · Prince Albert | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −22.8°C 2.1°C colder | 432 mm |
| Watrous 91 km · Watrous | 24.6°C about the same | −20.0°C 0.7°C milder | 417 mm |
Brighton weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| 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 |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 4.4°C; the steadiest, June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −38.3°C (2003) and 19.6°C (2015).
Where Brighton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Saskatoon Diefenbaker (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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Brighton’s climate
How warm does Brighton get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.0°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Brighton get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −20.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Brighton get?
357 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is June (75 mm); the driest, February (9 mm).
Are these figures for Brighton itself?
Nearly: Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Brighton’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Brighton →
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