Nutana Park is among the driest of Canadian towns: 357 mm of rain and snow a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.0°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 46°C. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 92% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 203 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) station, 11 km north-west.
A year in Nutana Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Nutana Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Nutana 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
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
About 357 mm of rain and snow a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 63 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
91 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 20 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Nutana Park
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. That means homes here need more heating than 95% of Canadian towns.
Living with Nutana Park’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 19 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 15 September, ends a season of about 117 days.
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 →Count on some 83 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
A humidex above 30 marks about 22 days in a normal year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Nutana Park’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport)
ECCC builds the Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 11 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, 92 km |
How Nutana 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 Nutana Park’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 74–93 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Nutana Park.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nutana Park Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) | 25.0°C | −20.7°C | 357 mm |
| Outlook 74 km · Rock Point | 25.2°C about the same | −16.9°C 3.8°C milder | 418 mm |
| Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96 85 km · Prince Albert | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −22.8°C 2.1°C colder | 432 mm |
| Watrous 92 km · Watrous | 24.6°C about the same | −20.0°C 0.7°C milder | 417 mm |
| Biggar 93 km · Rosetown | 25.2°C about the same | −19.9°C 0.8°C milder | 338 mm |
Nutana Park weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the 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: −38.3°C at its coldest, 19.6°C at its warmest
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 4.4°C around −13.4°C) and June least (1.1°C).
Where Nutana 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: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Nutana Park’s climate
How warm does Nutana Park get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.0°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Nutana Park get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −20.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Nutana Park get?
Some 357 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (75 mm), the least in February (9 mm).
Are these figures for Nutana Park itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Nutana Park.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Nutana 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).