Rosewood sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 357 mm a year
In January the night’s low is typically −20.7°C. Expect the most rain and snow in June and the least in February. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 92% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 203 days a year at 0°C or below.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) location, 14 km north-west.
A year in Rosewood at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Rosewood’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Rosewood feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 203 days, 20°C on 105
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 49 nights a year drop under −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
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
Snowfall: about 91 cm in a normal 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 Rosewood
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. That means homes here need more heating than 95% of Canadian towns.
Living with Rosewood’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
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 →Winter brings about 83 days with a wind chill below −20.
Roughly 22 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Rosewood’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 14 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, 88 km |
How Rosewood 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Rosewood’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Rosewood with figures are 76–95 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosewood 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 |
| Wakaw 83 km · Prince Albert | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −22.8°C 2.1°C colder | 432 mm |
| Watrous 88 km · Watrous | 24.6°C about the same | −20.0°C 0.7°C milder | 417 mm |
Rosewood 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 |
In March, anything from −38.3°C to 19.6°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 4.4°C of its normal of −13.4°C; June keeps to within 1.1°C.
Where Rosewood’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Rosewood’s climate
How warm does Rosewood get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.0°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Rosewood get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −20.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Rosewood get?
A normal year brings 357 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 75 mm, February driest at 9 mm.
Are these figures for Rosewood itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Rosewood.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Rosewood →
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).