Photo: Sylgja · CC BY-SA 4.0Arborg sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.3°C on average. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and February the least. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 75% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Arborg has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Gimli, 34 km south-east, instead.
A year in Arborg at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Arborg’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Arborg feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 195 days, 20°C on 99
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 56 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
517 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 79 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 182 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 39 cm in December, the snowiest month. The snowiest of 188 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Hodgson, 36 km away (Gimli records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Arborg
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Arborg’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 25 May to 27 September without frost, around 124 days in all.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Arborg’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Gimli
Gimli is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 34 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 223 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Hodgson, 36 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −45.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Hodgson, 36 km |
How Arborg compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Arborg whose figures come from another normals location. The one place listed is 10 km from Arborg, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arborg Gimli | 25.3°C | −22.7°C | 517 mm |
| Bifrost-Riverton 10.0 km · Hodgson | 25.2°C about the same | −24.3°C 1.6°C colder | 602 mm |
Arborg weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −12.2°C | −22.7°C | −17.5°C | 19 mm | 35 cm |
| February | −9.1°C | −20.5°C | −14.8°C | 12 mm | 21 cm |
| March | −1.2°C | −12.4°C | −6.8°C | 23 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 8.7°C | −3.2°C | 2.7°C | 28 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 16.4°C | 3.7°C | 10.0°C | 61 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 10.8°C | 16.6°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 13.1°C | 19.2°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.4°C | 11.8°C | 18.1°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.9°C | 7.1°C | 13.0°C | 55 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.7°C | 0.3°C | 5.0°C | 44 mm | 10 cm |
| November | −0.3°C | −8.7°C | −4.5°C | 23 mm | 32 cm |
| December | −8.6°C | −17.9°C | −13.3°C | 18 mm | 39 cm |
| Year | 7.9°C | −3.2°C | 2.3°C | 517 mm | 182 cm |
A December here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.2°C; the steadiest month is July
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −37.0°C in 1996 to 24.1°C in 2012.
Where Arborg’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Gimli from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Arborg’s climate
How warm does Arborg get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.3°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Arborg get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −22.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Arborg get?
The year adds up to 517 mm. June is the peak month (87 mm) and February the low one (12 mm).
Are these figures for Arborg itself?
No, the station behind them is Gimli, beyond Arborg’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Arborg →
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).