Wilton No. 472 gets more frosts than 91% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.2°C. Precipitation peaks in June and eases off in February. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 87% of Canadian towns. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 21–23°C.
These are not Wilton No. 472’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Lloydminster, 17 km north-west.
A year in Wilton No. 472 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wilton No. 472’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Wilton No. 472 feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 202 days, 20°C on 85
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 41 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
424 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 75 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 103 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 18 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Wilton No. 472
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Wilton No. 472’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Count on about 121 frost-free days: the last frost averages 18 May, the first 17 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 78 days in a normal year.
About 10 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Wilton No. 472: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lloydminster
ECCC builds the Lloydminster normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 17 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 669 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.1°C |
| Average wind | 15.6 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Fabyan, 78 km |
How Wilton No. 472 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 Wilton No. 472 whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 66 km from Wilton No. 472.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton No. 472 Lloydminster | 23.2°C | −18.8°C | 424 mm |
| Vermilion 66 km · Fabyan | 23.5°C about the same | −19.5°C 0.7°C colder | 425 mm |
Wilton No. 472 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 | −9.8°C | −18.8°C | −14.3°C | 18 mm | 18 cm |
| February | −7.3°C | −16.8°C | −12.1°C | 12 mm | 12 cm |
| March | −1.5°C | −10.8°C | −6.1°C | 15 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −2.6°C | 3.2°C | 32 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 17.0°C | 3.6°C | 10.3°C | 45 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 20.6°C | 8.7°C | 14.7°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.2°C | 11.1°C | 17.2°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 9.8°C | 16.2°C | 59 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.2°C | 4.6°C | 11.0°C | 34 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 8.6°C | −2.1°C | 3.2°C | 19 mm | 6 cm |
| November | −1.8°C | −10.0°C | −5.9°C | 17 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −8.0°C | −16.6°C | −12.3°C | 15 mm | 15 cm |
| Year | 7.5°C | −3.3°C | 2.1°C | 424 mm | 103 cm |
December strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.4°C; June the least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in February: a low of −42.5°C in 1994 and a high of 13.5°C in 2012.
Where Wilton No. 472’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Lloydminster, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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 Wilton No. 472’s climate
How warm does Wilton No. 472 get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 23.2°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Wilton No. 472 get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −18.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Wilton No. 472 get?
Some 424 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (83 mm), the least in February (12 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 146 days a year.
Are these figures for Wilton No. 472 itself?
They come from Lloydminster, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Wilton No. 472.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wilton No. 472 →
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