Ice on the ground: Wynyard sees more frosts than 90% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 24.2°C on average. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in February. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 75% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 90 times a year.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Kelliher, 64 km south-east: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Wynyard itself.
A year in Wynyard at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wynyard’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan beside it.
What a year in Wynyard feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
201 frost days and 91 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 46 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
About 501 mm of rain and snow a year
3rd wettest of 105 towns of 2,500+ in Saskatchewan.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
129 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from September to May, with about 23 cm in December, the snowiest month. 4th 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 Wynyard
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Wynyard’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Gardens get from about 19 May to 19 September without frost, around 122 days in all.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Wynyard: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kelliher
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Kelliher, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 64 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 676 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Watrous, 90 km |
How Wynyard 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Wynyard’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Wynyard with figures are 59–106 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wynyard Kelliher | 24.2°C | −20.0°C | 501 mm |
| Lanigan 59 km · Watrous | 24.6°C about the same | −20.0°C about the same | 417 mm |
| Preeceville 106 km · Yorkton | 24.4°C about the same | −20.9°C 0.9°C colder | 448 mm |
Wynyard 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 | −10.7°C | −20.0°C | −15.3°C | 21 mm | 21 cm |
| February | −8.3°C | −18.2°C | −13.3°C | 15 mm | 15 cm |
| March | −1.3°C | −11.5°C | −6.4°C | 21 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 8.7°C | −2.9°C | 2.9°C | 33 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 3.8°C | 10.4°C | 46 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 21.3°C | 9.5°C | 15.4°C | 86 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 12.1°C | 18.2°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.7°C | 10.8°C | 17.2°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.9°C | 5.7°C | 11.8°C | 45 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 8.7°C | −1.4°C | 3.7°C | 32 mm | 11 cm |
| November | −1.6°C | −9.9°C | −5.8°C | 24 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −8.6°C | −17.2°C | −12.9°C | 24 mm | 23 cm |
| Year | 7.6°C | −3.3°C | 2.2°C | 501 mm | 129 cm |
March has run from −38.5°C to 19.0°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.4°C from −13.3°C. June moves least, typically by 1.3°C.
Where Wynyard’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Kelliher 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: 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 Wynyard’s climate
How warm does Wynyard get in summer?
Afternoons average 24.2°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Wynyard get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −20.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Wynyard get?
The yearly total is about 501 mm. June gets 86 mm, the most of any month; February gets 15 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 151 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Wynyard itself?
Not really: Kelliher, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Wynyard.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wynyard →
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).