Cartwright-Roblin has colder winter nights than 89% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 25.9°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 75% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 46°C. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 78 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Every figure here comes from Cypress River, 54 km north; ECCC has no normals closer to Cartwright-Roblin, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Cartwright-Roblin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cartwright-Roblin’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Cartwright-Roblin feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 194 days, 20°C on 111
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. On about 46 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 517 mm a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest.
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 Cartwright-Roblin
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. A house here needs more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Cartwright-Roblin’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Between the last frost, near 19 May, and the first, near 21 September, lie about 124 frost-free days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Cartwright-Roblin’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Cypress River
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Cypress River are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 54 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, 92 km |
How Cartwright-Roblin 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 Cartwright-Roblin’s own would show the same figures). Cartwright-Roblin has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 55–69 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cartwright-Roblin Cypress River | 25.9°C | −20.1°C | 517 mm |
| Boissevain 55 km · Melita | 25.6°C about the same | −19.9°C about the same | 422 mm |
| Pembina 60 km · Morden | 25.6°C about the same | −18.5°C 1.6°C milder | 528 mm |
| Oakland-Wawanesa 69 km · Brandon | 24.9°C 1.0°C cooler | −21.9°C 1.8°C colder | 489 mm |
Cartwright-Roblin 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 | −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 |
From −36.0°C to 24.0°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.2°C from −12.8°C. June moves least, typically by 1.3°C.
Where Cartwright-Roblin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Cypress River from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Cartwright-Roblin’s climate
How warm does Cartwright-Roblin get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.9°C.
How cold does Cartwright-Roblin get in winter?
January nights average −20.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Cartwright-Roblin get?
Some 517 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (91 mm), the least in February (17 mm).
Are these figures for Cartwright-Roblin itself?
They are the figures for Cypress River, which read better as the region’s climate than Cartwright-Roblin’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cartwright-Roblin →
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).