Few Canadian towns get less rain and snow than Confederation Park: 357 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −20.7°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of 92% of Canadian towns. The year is lopsided: June gets about 8.2 times what February does. Plan for rain or snow on about 63 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Read at Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), 3.6 km north: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Confederation Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Confederation Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Confederation Park feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
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. On about 49 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
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
About 91 cm of snow a 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 Confederation Park
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 95% of Canadian towns.
Living with Confederation Park’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Frost usually lets go around 19 May and returns near 15 September, about 117 days apart.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →About 83 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Plan shade and water for about 22 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
A typical year is calm by definition; Confederation Park’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 | 3.6 km north |
| 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, 102 km |
How Confederation Park 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 Confederation Park’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Confederation Park with figures are 76–99 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation Park Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) | 25.0°C | −20.7°C | 357 mm |
| Outlook 76 km · Rock Point | 25.2°C about the same | −16.9°C 3.8°C milder | 418 mm |
| Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96 83 km · Prince Albert | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −22.8°C 2.1°C colder | 432 mm |
| Biggar 86 km · Rosetown | 25.2°C about the same | −19.9°C 0.8°C milder | 338 mm |
Confederation Park 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 |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 4.4°C of normal, against the steadier June
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −38.3°C in 2003 to 19.6°C in 2015.
Where Confederation Park’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: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Confederation Park’s climate
How warm does Confederation Park get in summer?
Highs reach 25.0°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Confederation Park get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −20.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Confederation Park 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 Confederation Park itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Confederation Park.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Confederation 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).