Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0Midwinter lows in Argyle sink below those of 89% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.9°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 75% of Canadian towns. The year is lopsided: June gets about 5.3 times what February does. Plan for rain or snow on about 78 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Borrowed figures: Argyle has no normals station, so these come from Cypress River, 29 km north.
A year in Argyle at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Argyle’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Argyle feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 194 days, 20°C on 111
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. Some 46 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
Rain and melted snow: about 517 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 137 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 34 cm. 9th snowiest of 188 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Argyle
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Argyle’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
A normal year gives the garden about 124 frost-free days, roughly 19 May to 21 September.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Argyle’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Cypress River
ECCC builds the Cypress River normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 29 km north |
| Station altitude | 374 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Morden, 82 km |
How Argyle compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Argyle whose figures come from another normals location. Argyle has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 48–68 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle Cypress River | 25.9°C | −20.1°C | 517 mm |
| Pembina 48 km · Morden | 25.6°C about the same | −18.5°C 1.6°C milder | 528 mm |
| Oakland-Wawanesa 57 km · Brandon | 24.9°C 1.0°C cooler | −21.9°C 1.8°C colder | 489 mm |
| Boissevain 64 km · Melita | 25.6°C about the same | −19.9°C about the same | 422 mm |
Argyle 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 | −10.1°C | −20.1°C | −15.1°C | 20 mm | 23 cm |
| February | −7.4°C | −18.1°C | −12.8°C | 17 mm | 18 cm |
| March | 0.1°C | −10.4°C | −5.1°C | 21 mm | 16 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −2.1°C | 4.2°C | 27 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 18.2°C | 4.6°C | 11.4°C | 70 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 23.2°C | 10.7°C | 17.0°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.1°C | 19.5°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 11.7°C | 18.7°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.2°C | 7.0°C | 13.6°C | 45 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.8°C | −0.1°C | 5.4°C | 38 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 0.4°C | −8.6°C | −4.1°C | 25 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −7.4°C | −16.5°C | −12.0°C | 27 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | −2.4°C | 3.4°C | 517 mm | 137 cm |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.2°C; June the least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −36.0°C (1998) and 24.0°C (2012).
Where Argyle’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Cypress River, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Argyle’s climate
How warm does Argyle get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 25.9°C.
How cold does Argyle get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −20.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Argyle get?
Precipitation totals 517 mm a year, with June the wettest month (91 mm) and February the driest (17 mm).
Are these figures for Argyle itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Cypress River, since Argyle has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Argyle →
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).