Weather Stats suggest August was nothing special

August was a fairly average month for weather in Saskatchewan.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang compiles monthly weather statistics from weather stations around the province.

Lang says there wasn’t a lot of variation with temperatures, as all weather stations recorded temperatures within their respective averages for the month.

“When all the numbers were added up and averaged, we came out pretty close to 30-year average temperatures. When we do the rankings, the rankings seem high only because when we compare the coldest August we’ve ever recorded to and the warmest August we’ve ever recorded, there isn’t a whole lot of variation,” said Lang.

StationMonthly Mean Temperature/Température moyenne mensuelle CMsgNormal/ NormaleDeparture from Normals/Différence de la normaleRank/RangYears of Data/Nombre d’années
ESTEVAN18.6018.60.053 warmest/le plus chaud109
KEY LAKE15.9014.71.212 warmest/le plus chaud48
LA RONGE RCS17.6016.11.510 warmest/le plus chaud60
MEADOW LAKE16.7015.51.218 warmest/le plus chaud76
MOOSE JAW CS18.8018.9-0.144 warmest/le plus chaud130
NORTH BATTLEFORD RCS17.4016.90.530 warmest/le plus chaud83
PRINCE ALBERT GLASS FIELD17.2016.70.537 warmest/le plus chaud140
REGINA RCS19.0018.10.928 warmest/le plus chaud131
SASKATOON RCS18.6017.61.019 warmest/le plus chaud128
SWIFT CURRENT19.5018.21.319 warmest/le plus chaud139
YORKTON17.7017.10.636 warmest/le plus chaud115
Temperature chart for August at weather stations around Saskatchewan. Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Temperature Anomaly Map of Western Canada for August 2024. Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Lang says precipitation was lacking last month with Key Lake and La Ronge recording their driest months ever. The exception was a low pressure system that swept through southern Saskatchewan towards the end of the month, and some thunderstorms in the southeast that brought some moisture.

StationMonthly Precipitation Total/Hauteur de précipitations mensuelles (mm)MsgNormal/ NormalePercentage of Normal/Pourcentage de la normaleRank/RangYears of Data/Nombre d’années
ESTEVAN33.9051.76644 driest/le plus sec111
KEY LAKE16.9066.9252 driest/le plus sec47
LA RONGE RCS10.7060.6183 driest/le plus sec59
MEADOW LAKE32.5062.75221 driest/le plus sec75
MOOSE JAW CS30.6039.17859 driest/le plus sec133
NORTH BATTLEFORD RCS44.1057.97640 driest/le plus sec83
PRINCE ALBERT GLASS FIELD36.5061.65953 driest/le plus sec140
REGINA RCS34.3044.87763 driest/le plus sec139
SASKATOON RCS50.7042.611941 wettest/le plus élevé128
SWIFT CURRENT15.3041.53726 driest/le plus sec139
YORKTON42.3062.26849 driest/le plus sec116
Precipitation chart for August at weather stations across Saskatchewan. Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Precipitation Anomaly Map of Western Canada in August 2024. Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Lang says there wasn’t a lot of lightning activity last month which speaks to how dry it was.

“It was about 72 per cent of average in August across Saskatchewan, and that’s the sixth lowest in about 22 years of record; we don’t have a whole ton of records but when you plot…the number of lightning strikes from year-to-year it’s decreasing across the Prairies.” she said.

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