Photo: MBBrdn · CC0Few Canadian towns have colder winter nights than Brandon
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 24.9°C. Temperatures cover 47°C across the year, low to high. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 76% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Measured at Brandon, 8.1 km north: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Brandon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Brandon’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Brandon feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
205 frost days and 103 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 53 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
Rain and melted snow: about 489 mm a year
The most falls in June, the least in February. About 73 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 128 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 29 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Brandon
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. By this count, homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Brandon’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 18 May and the first autumn frost around 18 September: about 122 frost-free days between.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →On some 87 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Roughly 31 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Brandon’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Brandon
ECCC builds the Brandon normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 8.1 km north |
| Station altitude | 409 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.9°C |
| Average wind | 15.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Cypress River, 71 km |
How Brandon 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 Brandon whose figures come from another normals location. Brandon has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 43–57 km out.
Brandon 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 | −11.4°C | −21.9°C | −16.7°C | 18 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −8.5°C | −19.7°C | −14.1°C | 14 mm | 17 cm |
| March | −1.6°C | −12.5°C | −7.0°C | 24 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 9.6°C | −3.3°C | 3.1°C | 27 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 3.2°C | 10.3°C | 65 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.6°C | 9.7°C | 16.2°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.9°C | 11.8°C | 18.4°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 10.2°C | 17.7°C | 56 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.5°C | 4.9°C | 12.2°C | 43 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.1°C | −2.2°C | 4.0°C | 32 mm | 6 cm |
| November | −0.3°C | −10.3°C | −5.3°C | 20 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −8.6°C | −18.5°C | −13.6°C | 22 mm | 29 cm |
| Year | 8.2°C | −4.0°C | 2.1°C | 489 mm | 128 cm |
A March here can run from −38.4°C to 22.6°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.2°C of the normal, −14.1°C. July is the steadiest, within 1.3°C.
Where Brandon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Brandon, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: 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 Brandon’s climate
How warm does Brandon get in summer?
Summer peaks in August: a typical afternoon reaches 25.1°C.
How cold does Brandon get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −21.9°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Brandon get?
About 489 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (98 mm) and February the driest (14 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 138 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Brandon itself?
They are: the normals station that gives them stands in Brandon.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Brandon →
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).