Parkridge sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 357 mm a year
Nights in January average −20.7°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of 92% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 46°C. The outdoor season runs from June to August, with highs of 22–25°C.
Read at Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), 5.9 km north: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Parkridge at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Parkridge’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Parkridge feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
203 frost days and 105 days above 20°C 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
June is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 63 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 91 cm of snow a 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 Parkridge
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 95% of Canadian towns.
Living with Parkridge’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 comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 83 days a year with a wind chill 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 Parkridge’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 | 5.9 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, 101 km |
How Parkridge 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
Places around Parkridge whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Parkridge with figures are 73–101 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkridge 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 |
| Biggar 85 km · Rosetown | 25.2°C about the same | −19.9°C 0.8°C milder | 338 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 101 km · Watrous | 24.6°C about the same | −20.0°C 0.7°C milder | 417 mm |
Parkridge 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 Parkridge’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport): the nearest of its locations with every month’s 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: 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 Parkridge’s climate
How warm does Parkridge get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.0°C.
How cold does Parkridge get in winter?
Expect nights around −20.7°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Parkridge 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 Parkridge itself?
Nearly: Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Parkridge’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Parkridge →
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).