Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.0Manning sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 384 mm a year
Nights in January average −20.1°C. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and February the least. Frost is common: about 206 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 206 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Manning come from Peace River, 78 km south, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Manning at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Manning’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Manning feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 206 frosts and 79 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 45 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
384 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 76 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 128 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from September to May, most of all in January (about 25 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Manning
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Manning’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Frost usually lets go around 21 May and returns near 13 September, about 114 days apart.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Expect around 78 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 6 days a year.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Manning’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Peace River
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Peace River are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 78 km south |
| Station altitude | 571 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.5°C |
| Average wind | 11.9 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Red Earth, 149 km |
How Manning compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Manning’s would only repeat its figures. The one place listed is 158 km from Manning, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manning Peace River | 22.7°C | −20.1°C | 384 mm |
| Saddle Hills County 158 km · Dawson Creek | 22.5°C about the same | −19.4°C 0.7°C milder | 421 mm |
| La Crète 158 km · High Level | 23.3°C 0.6°C warmer | −25.0°C 4.9°C colder | 360 mm |
Manning weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.9°C | −20.1°C | −15.0°C | 23 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −6.2°C | −17.2°C | −11.7°C | 13 mm | 16 cm |
| March | −0.5°C | −11.9°C | −6.2°C | 15 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 9.4°C | −2.9°C | 3.3°C | 19 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 17.1°C | 3.3°C | 10.2°C | 40 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.7°C | 8.1°C | 14.5°C | 68 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 22.7°C | 9.9°C | 16.3°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.8°C | 8.2°C | 15.0°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.3°C | 3.3°C | 9.8°C | 40 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 8.4°C | −2.7°C | 2.9°C | 21 mm | 9 cm |
| November | −2.5°C | −11.6°C | −7.1°C | 20 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −8.2°C | −18.1°C | −13.2°C | 20 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 7.4°C | −4.3°C | 1.6°C | 384 mm | 128 cm |
A April here can run from −30.6°C to 28.4°C
December is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.9°C of the normal, −13.2°C. June is the steadiest, within 0.8°C.
Where Manning’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Peace River from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Manning’s climate
How warm does Manning get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 22.7°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Manning get in winter?
January nights average −20.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Manning get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 384 mm a year; June leads with 68 mm and February trails with 13 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 141 days a year.
Are these figures for Manning itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Peace River, a long way from Manning.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Manning →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).