Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Wakaw
High summer brings afternoon highs near 24.2°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 86% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 47°C. Have the furnace checked before October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Prince Albert, 63 km north: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Wakaw itself.
A year in Wakaw at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wakaw’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Wakaw feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 209 days, 20°C on 94
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 58 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 432 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 9th wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan. On about 71 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 112 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 23 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Wakaw
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. A house here needs more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Wakaw’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 24 May to 15 September without frost, around 113 days in all.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 84 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Roughly 17 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Wakaw’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Prince Albert
ECCC builds the Prince Albert normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 63 km north |
| Station altitude | 428 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 11.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Melfort, 79 km |
How Wakaw 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 Wakaw whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 40–65 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Wakaw.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakaw Prince Albert | 24.2°C | −22.8°C | 432 mm |
| Rosthern 40 km · Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) | 25.0°C 0.8°C warmer | −20.7°C 2.1°C milder | 357 mm |
| Humboldt No. 370 65 km · Watrous | 24.6°C about the same | −20.0°C 2.8°C milder | 417 mm |
Wakaw weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −11.6°C | −22.8°C | −17.2°C | 19 mm | 23 cm |
| February | −7.9°C | −20.3°C | −14.1°C | 12 mm | 14 cm |
| March | −1.4°C | −13.4°C | −7.4°C | 15 mm | 15 cm |
| April | 9.1°C | −3.8°C | 2.7°C | 28 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 17.3°C | 2.7°C | 10.1°C | 43 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.5°C | 8.7°C | 15.2°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 11.6°C | 17.9°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.4°C | 9.8°C | 16.7°C | 50 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.6°C | 4.2°C | 10.9°C | 42 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 8.5°C | −2.4°C | 3.1°C | 30 mm | 10 cm |
| November | −2.0°C | −10.9°C | −6.5°C | 16 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −9.3°C | −19.4°C | −14.4°C | 16 mm | 20 cm |
| Year | 7.4°C | −4.7°C | 1.4°C | 432 mm | 112 cm |
Two years in three, December’s average lands within 4.3°C of normal, against the steadier June
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. April spans the most, from −30.4°C (2020) to 30.3°C (2001).
Where Wakaw’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Prince Albert, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Wakaw’s climate
How warm does Wakaw get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 24.2°C.
How cold does Wakaw get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −22.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Wakaw get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 432 mm; the range runs from 12 mm in February to 86 mm in June.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 146 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Wakaw itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Prince Albert, a long way from Wakaw.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wakaw →
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).