Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0Precipitation in Boissevain trails that of 94% of Canadian towns: 422 mm a year
January nights here settle around −19.9°C. Frost is common: about 194 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. June is the wettest month, February the driest. The outdoor season runs from June to August, with highs of 23–26°C.
Boissevain has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Melita, 67 km west, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Boissevain at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Boissevain’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Boissevain feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
194 frost days and 111 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 46 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
422 mm of precipitation in a typical year
190th wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. About 64 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
128 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 29 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Melita normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Brandon, 76 km away.
Heating a home in Boissevain
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Boissevain’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Frost usually lets go around 19 May and returns near 22 September, about 125 days apart.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 78 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Summer brings about 35 days when the humidex passes 30.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Boissevain’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Melita
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Melita.
| Distance from the town | 67 km west |
| Station altitude | 446 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Brandon, 76 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.6°C |
| Average wind | 15.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Brandon, 76 km |
How Boissevain 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Boissevain’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 29–49 km from Boissevain.
Boissevain weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.5°C | −19.9°C | −14.8°C | 13 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −7.6°C | −18.6°C | −13.1°C | 11 mm | 17 cm |
| March | −0.6°C | −11.1°C | −5.9°C | 20 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.6°C | −2.1°C | 4.2°C | 22 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 4.2°C | 11.2°C | 68 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.6°C | 10.4°C | 16.5°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 12.9°C | 19.3°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 11.2°C | 18.5°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 6.3°C | 13.2°C | 36 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | −1.0°C | 5.0°C | 31 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 0.8°C | −9.2°C | −4.2°C | 16 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −7.0°C | −16.7°C | −11.9°C | 16 mm | 29 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | −2.8°C | 3.2°C | 422 mm | 128 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.5°C; the steadiest month is July
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −35.4°C (2014) and 21.8°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Boissevain’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Melita from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Boissevain’s climate
How warm does Boissevain get in summer?
Of all twelve months, August has the warmest afternoons, about 25.7°C.
How cold does Boissevain get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −19.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Boissevain get?
Measured as water, a year brings 422 mm: 82 mm in June, the wettest month, and 11 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Boissevain itself?
No: they come from Melita, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Boissevain.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Boissevain →
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).