Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Climate & Temperature
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada is at 52°9'N, 106°43'W, 504 m (1654 ft). See map.
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan has a humid continental climate with severe winters, no dry season, warm summers and strong seasonality (Köppen-Geiger classification: Dfb).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is situated in or near the boreal moist forest biome.
- The mean annual temperature is 2 degrees Celsius (35.6 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 36.1 °C (65°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype truly continental.
- In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach -10.2°C (13.6°F) on average falling to -20.7°C (-5.3°F) overnight.
- In spring time temperatures climb reaching 8.9°C (48°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of -3.3°C (26°F).
- During summer average high temperatures are 24.3°C (75.7°F) and average low temperatures are 10.5°C (50.8°F).
- Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 9.2°C (48.5°F) during the day and lows of -2.6°C (27.4°F) generally shortly after sunrise.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 347.2 mm (13.7 inches) which is equivalent to 347.2 Litres/m² (8.52 Gallons/ft²).
- On average there are 2389 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Port-Aux-Francais, kerguelen islands, French Southern Lands where you would find a Tundra climate (Boreal rain forest biome).
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) | -12 (10) | -9 (17) | -2 (29) | 10 (50) | 18 (65) | 23 (73) | 25 (78) | 25 (76) | 18 (64) | 11 (52) | -1 (30) | -10 (14) | 8 (46) | ||
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | -18 (1) | -14 (7) | -7 (19) | 4 (39) | 12 (53) | 16 (61) | 19 (65) | 17 (63) | 11 (52) | 5 (41) | -6 (21) | -15 (6) | 2 (36) | ||
| Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) | -23 (-9) | -19 (-3) | -12 (10) | -2 (28) | 5 (40) | 9 (49) | 12 (53) | 10 (51) | 5 (40) | -2 (29) | -11 (13) | -20 (-4) | -4 (25) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 16 (1) | 13 (1) | 16 (1) | 20 (1) | 44 (2) | 63 (2) | 58 (2) | 37 (1) | 32 (1) | 17 (1) | 14 (1) | 17 (1) | 347 (14) | ||
| Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %) | 8 (26) | 8 (28) | 6 (19) | 7 (23) | 8 (26) | 11 (37) | 11 (35) | 9 (29) | 9 (30) | 6 (19) | 8 (27) | 8 (26) | 99 (27) | ||
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 3h 03' | 4h 36' | 6h 13' | 7h 40' | 8h 52' | 9h 04' | 10h 50' | 9h 21' | 7h 00' | 5h 29' | 3h 26' | 2h 44' | 6h 32' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 8h 18' | 9h 50' | 11h 48' | 13h 53' | 15h 42' | 16h 40' | 16h 14' | 14h 38' | 12h 36' | 10h 32' | 8h 44' | 7h 48' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 38 (62) | 48 (52) | 54 (46) | 56 (44) | 57 (43) | 55 (45) | 68 (32) | 65 (35) | 57 (43) | 53 (47) | 40 (60) | 36 (64) | 55 (45) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 18.1 | 27.4 | 38.3 | 49.9 | 58.1 | 61.3 | 58.2 | 49.8 | 38.3 | 26.9 | 17.8 | 14.5 | 38.2 |
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