Few Canadian towns have colder winter nights than Stanley 157
July afternoons average 23.5°C. Precipitation follows the seasons: July brings about 4.8 times as much as February. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from October to May, in months below 10°C on average.
Every figure here comes from La Ronge, 53 km south-west; ECCC has no normals closer to Stanley 157, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Stanley 157 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Stanley 157’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Stanley 157 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 212 frosts and 79 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 66 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
514 mm of precipitation in a typical year
2nd wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. Some 91 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
146 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in November (about 25 cm). 2nd snowiest of 102 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Stanley 157
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Stanley 157’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 109 days, roughly 28 May to 14 September.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 89 days in a normal year.
Roughly 9 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Stanley 157’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: La Ronge
ECCC builds the La Ronge normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 53 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 379 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −47.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.1°C |
| Average wind | 11.0 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Island Falls, 141 km |
How Stanley 157 compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Saskatchewan.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Stanley 157 whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 107 km from Stanley 157.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley 157 La Ronge | 23.5°C | −23.3°C | 514 mm |
| Pelican Narrows 184B 107 km · Island Falls | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −26.2°C 2.9°C colder | 489 mm |
Stanley 157 weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −13.3°C | −23.3°C | −18.3°C | 22 mm | 22 cm |
| February | −9.6°C | −21.6°C | −15.6°C | 19 mm | 17 cm |
| March | −1.9°C | −14.9°C | −8.4°C | 25 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 7.2°C | −5.4°C | 0.9°C | 34 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 15.0°C | 1.6°C | 8.3°C | 41 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 8.6°C | 14.6°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 11.6°C | 17.6°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.1°C | 10.4°C | 16.3°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 15.6°C | 4.7°C | 10.2°C | 57 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 6.7°C | −1.7°C | 2.5°C | 41 mm | 15 cm |
| November | −3.6°C | −11.3°C | −7.5°C | 27 mm | 25 cm |
| December | −11.4°C | −20.5°C | −16.0°C | 24 mm | 25 cm |
| Year | 5.9°C | −5.2°C | 0.4°C | 514 mm | 146 cm |
December varies most from one year to the next (4.7°C), June least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in January: a low of −47.2°C in 2004 and a high of 12.5°C in 1993.
Where Stanley 157’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for La Ronge, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Stanley 157’s climate
How warm does Stanley 157 get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 23.5°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Stanley 157 get in winter?
January nights average −23.3°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Stanley 157 get?
514 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (89 mm); the driest, February (19 mm).
Are these figures for Stanley 157 itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of La Ronge, a long way from Stanley 157.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Stanley 157 →
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).