Climate
Moose Jaw's climate is transitional between semiarid and humid continental (Köppen BSk and Dfb, respectively) Moose Jaw's winters are long, cold and dry, while its summers are short, but very warm and relatively wet. The coldest month is January, with a mean temperature of -13.7°C, while the warmest is July, with a mean temperature of 19.4°C. The driest month is February, in which an average of 13 mm of precipitation falls, while the wettest month is June, which brings an average of 60 mm. Annual average precipitation is 365 mm.
| Climate data for Moose Jaw | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.4 (77.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
32.9 (91.2) |
38.6 (101.5) |
41.2 (106.2) |
38.9 (102.0) |
41.7 (107.1) |
37.2 (99.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
41.7 (107.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −8.3 (17.1) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
2.0 (35.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
10.17 (50.30) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −13.7 (7.3) |
−10 (14.0) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.6 (65.5) |
12.4 (54.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
3.98 (39.16) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −19.1 (−2.4) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.3 (54.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
−2.25 (27.95) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −45.6 (−50.1) |
−40.5 (−40.9) |
−38.9 (−38.0) |
−26.1 (−15.0) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
−32.3 (−26.1) |
−40.7 (−41.3) |
−45.6 (−50.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 16.6 (0.654) |
12.9 (0.508) |
19.3 (0.76) |
23.2 (0.913) |
48.9 (1.925) |
60.2 (2.37) |
57.3 (2.256) |
39.8 (1.567) |
35.7 (1.406) |
17.6 (0.693) |
15.6 (0.614) |
18.2 (0.717) |
365.3 (14.382) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 107.6 | 135.9 | 163.3 | 222.7 | 271.7 | 287.5 | 332.1 | 297.3 | 192.2 | 170.5 | 108.0 | 87.4 | 2,376.2 |
| Source: Environment Canada | |||||||||||||
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