Climate averages 1991–2020
Saskatoon weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Saskatoon: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Regina (235 km away). In August its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Saskatoon, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Saskatoon ranks joint 54th of 86 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 86 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 86 cities is 23.8°C; Saskatoon is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Saskatoon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.2°C-19.2°C | -19.2°C | 15 | 4.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | -7.7°C-16.8°C | -16.8°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.4°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 18 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 46 | 7.8 | 15.716 h |
| June | 20.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 87 | 11.9 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 70 | 10.8 | 16.216 h |
| August, selected | 23.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 50 | 7.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 38 | 5.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 27 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | -0.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 19 | 4.7 | 8.99 h |
| December | -8.0°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 12 | 4.0 | 7.88 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Regina in AugustCanada · 235 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Sherwood Park in AugustCanada · 472 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Edmonton in AugustCanada · 483 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Red Deer in AugustCanada · 486 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Lethbridge in AugustCanada · 509 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Airdrie in AugustCanada · 516 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Calgary in AugustCanada · 526 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Winnipeg in AugustCanada · 711 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 76 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Saskatoon) is explained once on the Saskatoon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.