Photo: Felspar13 · CC BY-SA 4.0Alexander sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.2°C on average. The year is lopsided: June gets about 7.1 times what February does. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 68% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 194 days a year at 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Alexander is Pinawa, 41 km south, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Alexander at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Alexander’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Alexander feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
194 frost days and 98 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 54 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 571 mm of rain and snow a year
4th wettest of 189 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. On about 88 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Alexander
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Alexander’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 70 days with a wind chill below −20.
About 28 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Alexander’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pinawa
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Pinawa are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 41 km south |
| Station altitude | 267 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.4°C |
| Average wind | 8.7 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Gimli, 62 km |
How Alexander 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 Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Alexander whose figures come from another normals location. Alexander has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 58–69 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Pinawa | 25.2°C | −21.7°C | 571 mm |
| Dunnottar 58 km · Gimli | 25.3°C about the same | −22.7°C 1.0°C colder | 517 mm |
| St. Clements 65 km · Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C 0.6°C warmer | −21.2°C 0.5°C milder | 519 mm |
Alexander weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.7°C | −21.7°C | −16.2°C | 30 mm |
| February | −7.9°C | −20.7°C | −14.3°C | 14 mm |
| March | 0.1°C | −12.5°C | −6.2°C | 28 mm |
| April | 9.4°C | −3.5°C | 3.0°C | 30 mm |
| May | 16.6°C | 3.6°C | 10.1°C | 71 mm |
| June | 22.1°C | 10.0°C | 16.1°C | 99 mm |
| July | 25.2°C | 12.8°C | 19.0°C | 83 mm |
| August | 24.2°C | 11.6°C | 17.9°C | 67 mm |
| September | 18.8°C | 7.0°C | 12.9°C | 63 mm |
| October | 9.9°C | 0.5°C | 5.3°C | 39 mm |
| November | 0.0°C | −8.1°C | −4.1°C | 24 mm |
| December | −7.8°C | −17.0°C | −12.4°C | 25 mm |
| Year | 8.3°C | −3.2°C | 2.6°C | 571 mm |
March has run from −40.5°C to 24.6°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.0°C from −14.3°C. July moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Alexander’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Pinawa (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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: snowfall (no location within 100 km publishes a full year of it), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and an altitude correction.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Alexander’s climate
How warm does Alexander get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.2°C on a typical day.
How cold does Alexander get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −21.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Alexander get?
The year adds up to 571 mm. June is the peak month (99 mm) and February the low one (14 mm).
Are these figures for Alexander itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Pinawa, outside Alexander.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Alexander →
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).