Lawson Heights sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 357 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −20.7°C. The wettest month is June; the driest is February. Frost is common: about 203 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season runs from June to August, with highs of 22–25°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) station, 6.1 km west.
A year in Lawson Heights at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lawson Heights’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Lawson Heights feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 203 frosts and 105 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
357 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 63 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
91 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 20 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Lawson Heights
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. Homes here need more heating than 95% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lawson Heights’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 19 May to about 15 September, some 117 days in a normal year.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 83 days a year here.
About 22 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Lawson Heights’s.
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 | 6.1 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, 97 km |
How Lawson Heights 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
Places around Lawson Heights whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 78–93 km from Lawson Heights.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawson Heights Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) | 25.0°C | −20.7°C | 357 mm |
| Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96 78 km · Prince Albert | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −22.8°C 2.1°C colder | 432 mm |
| Outlook 81 km · Rock Point | 25.2°C about the same | −16.9°C 3.8°C milder | 418 mm |
| Biggar 93 km · Rosetown | 25.2°C about the same | −19.9°C 0.8°C milder | 338 mm |
Lawson Heights 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 |
March has run from −38.3°C to 19.6°C in thirty years
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 4.4°C around −13.4°C) and June least (1.1°C).
Where Lawson Heights’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lawson Heights’s climate
How warm does Lawson Heights get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.0°C.
How cold does Lawson Heights get in winter?
Lows sink to −20.7°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Lawson Heights get?
The yearly total is about 357 mm. June gets 75 mm, the most of any month; February gets 9 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Lawson Heights itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Lawson Heights.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lawson Heights →
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).