Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainUnity is among the driest of Canadian towns: 383 mm of rain and snow a year
Sunny July days climb to about 24.3°C. July is the wettest month, March the driest. Frost is common: about 208 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 71 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location is North Battleford, 71 km north-east: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Unity itself.
A year in Unity at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Unity’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Unity feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 208 days, 20°C on 98
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly 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
383 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Unity
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. By this count, homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Unity’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plant out after about 26 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 13 September, leaving roughly 109 days without frost.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 80 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
The humidex tops 30 on about 15 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Unity’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: North Battleford
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for North Battleford are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 71 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 548 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −45.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.5°C |
| Average wind | 14.2 km/h on average, most often from the south-east |
| Next-nearest location | Kindersley, 103 km |
How Unity 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 Unity whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Unity with figures are 54–75 km away.
Unity weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.1°C | −20.6°C | −15.3°C | 19 mm |
| February | −7.8°C | −18.9°C | −13.3°C | 14 mm |
| March | −1.2°C | −12.0°C | −6.6°C | 13 mm |
| April | 9.9°C | −3.3°C | 3.3°C | 25 mm |
| May | 18.0°C | 3.0°C | 10.5°C | 31 mm |
| June | 21.7°C | 8.5°C | 15.1°C | 60 mm |
| July | 24.3°C | 10.8°C | 17.6°C | 77 mm |
| August | 23.7°C | 9.4°C | 16.6°C | 51 mm |
| September | 18.5°C | 4.1°C | 11.3°C | 28 mm |
| October | 9.4°C | −2.8°C | 3.3°C | 20 mm |
| November | −1.4°C | −11.1°C | −6.3°C | 21 mm |
| December | −8.4°C | −18.4°C | −13.4°C | 24 mm |
| Year | 8.1°C | −4.3°C | 1.9°C | 383 mm |
A December here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.4°C; the steadiest month is June
March has the widest record range, −38.4°C in 2003 to 19.3°C in 2004; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Unity’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for North Battleford from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: snow, with no complete snowfall normals within 100 km, sunshine, which ECCC published for no location, and any height adjustment.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Unity’s climate
How warm does Unity get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 24.3°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Unity get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −20.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Unity get?
About 383 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (77 mm) and March the driest (13 mm).
Are these figures for Unity itself?
They are the figures for North Battleford, which read better as the region’s climate than Unity’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Unity →
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).