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Weather extremes
How extreme does Moose Jaw's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Moose Jaw has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Moose Jaw has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 29°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Moose Jaw (typical high near 79°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 46°F colder than a normal February night in Moose Jaw (typical low near 1°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Moose Jaw usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 2.3 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical November's snow in one day (Moose Jaw averages about 2 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Moose Jaw's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 108°F is about 29°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 23 years of daily observations at Moose Jaw CS, a weather station, about 8 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.