Photo: Samyaka.verma · CC BY-SA 3.0January in Carman bites harder than in 85% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.6°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 69% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 44°C. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 20–26°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Carman is Morden, 37 km south, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Carman at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Carman’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Carman feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 182 frosts and 111 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 39 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
528 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 74 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 126 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 27 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 72 km away (Morden records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Carman
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. A house here needs more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Carman’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
About 135 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 15 May to a first of 28 September.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 69 days with a wind chill below −20.
About 37 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Carman’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Morden
Morden is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 37 km south |
| Station altitude | 298 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 72 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.1°C |
| Average wind | 12.7 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Portage Southport, 47 km |
How Carman 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Carman’s own would show the same figures). Carman has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 23–49 km out.
Carman weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.5°C | −18.5°C | −14.0°C | 17 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −7.2°C | −16.4°C | −11.8°C | 16 mm | 12 cm |
| March | 0.0°C | −9.0°C | −4.5°C | 20 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −1.4°C | 4.3°C | 30 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 5.5°C | 11.8°C | 76 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 23.2°C | 11.9°C | 17.6°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 14.3°C | 20.0°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 13.0°C | 19.2°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 8.0°C | 14.1°C | 54 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.9°C | 1.1°C | 6.0°C | 39 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 0.7°C | −7.5°C | −3.4°C | 27 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −6.7°C | −14.9°C | −10.8°C | 22 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | −1.2°C | 4.0°C | 528 mm | 126 cm |
March: −32.8°C at its coldest, 23.1°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is December: one year in three its average strays more than 4.2°C from −10.8°C. August moves least, typically by 1.4°C.
Where Carman’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Morden, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Carman’s climate
How warm does Carman get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.6°C.
How cold does Carman get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −18.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Carman get?
Measured as water, a year brings 528 mm: 89 mm in June, the wettest month, and 16 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Carman itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Morden, since Carman has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Carman →
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).