Waseca is a weather station located 640 m above sea level. Its records go back to 1908: 109 years of temperature are available up to 2020, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2020. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 2.2 °C, clearly higher than over 1961–1990 (1.4 °C): a difference of 0.8 °C. The warmest year of the series is 1987 (4.3 °C) and the coldest 1951 (−1.5 °C). The last complete year, 2020, ranks 44 out of 109, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.32 °C per decade. The station ranks 51 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1908
The first ten years of the series (1908–1917) average 0.3 °C; the last ten (2009–2020) average 2.3 °C, a difference of +2.0 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 5 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1987 (4.3 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 2.8 °C (2006) and bottoms out at 0.3 °C (1917).
Annual rainfall since 1908
On average 452 mm of rain falls per year over the 100 documented years. The wettest year, 2005, received 698 mm; the driest, 1918, only 184 mm, which is 3.8 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (447 mm per year) is 44 mm (9.0 %) below the 1961–1990 one (491 mm). Over 1991–2020, June is on average the wettest month (83 mm) and February the driest (10 mm). Between 1992 and 2014, 9 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Monthly normals: 1961–1990 against 1991–2020
The table compares, month by month, the mean temperature and the rainfall total of two thirty-year reference periods. The difference column shows what the recent period changes compared with the earlier one.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −17.2 °C | −14.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 31 mm | 18 mm | −13 mm |
| February | −13.4 °C | −12.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 19 mm | 10 mm | −9 mm |
| March | −7.2 °C | −6.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 30 mm | 19 mm | −11 mm |
| April | 3.4 °C | 3.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 26 mm | 38 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 10.7 °C | 10.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 43 mm | 42 mm | −1 mm |
| June | 14.8 °C | 15.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 83 mm | 83 mm | 0 mm |
| July | 16.9 °C | 17.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 83 mm | 79 mm | −4 mm |
| August | 15.9 °C | 16.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 61 mm | 59 mm | −2 mm |
| September | 10.2 °C | 11.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 41 mm | 32 mm | −9 mm |
| October | 4.4 °C | 3.5 °C | −0.9 °C | 21 mm | 25 mm | +4 mm |
| November | −6.8 °C | −5.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 25 mm | 24 mm | −1 mm |
| December | −14.8 °C | −12.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 28 mm | 18 mm | −10 mm |
The largest temperature change is in January (+2.8 °C) and the smallest in October (−0.9 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.8 °C, and 10 months out of twelve are warmer than before. For rainfall, the largest difference is in April (+12 mm) and the smallest in January (−13 mm).
Records at Waseca
- Warmest year: 4.3 °C, in 1987
- Coldest year: −1.5 °C, in 1951
- Driest year: 184 mm, in 1918
- Wettest year: 698 mm, in 2005
- Warmest month: 20.4 °C, in July 1947
- Coldest month: −31.7 °C, in January 1950
- Wettest month: 275 mm, in July 2000
5.8 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Daily records are not part of the dataset for this station: only annual and monthly extremes are shown.
Temperature trend over 1961–2020
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.32 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, about +1.9 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.07 °C per decade: the station ranks 51 out of 240.
Data source and licence
Data source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (dataset “AHCCD (ahccd-monthly) + climate-daily”), licence Open Government Licence – Canada. Last updated: 29 October 2026.
The data for Waseca are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 240 stations in Canada: the overview page lets you compare them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the annual mean temperature at Waseca?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Waseca is 2.2 °C. It was 1.4 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.8 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Waseca?
Since records began in 1908, the warmest year at Waseca is 1987, at 4.3 °C on average. The coldest is 1951 (−1.5 °C).
Is the climate at Waseca getting warmer?
Yes: at Waseca, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.32 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, +1.9 °C in total. 5 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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