Few Canadian towns get more frosts than Chemawawin 2
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 24.1°C. June is the wettest month here, with about 6.7 times the rain and snow of February. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 76% of Canadian towns. The furnace earns its keep from October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Chemawawin 2 has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Grand Rapids Hydro, 35 km east, instead.
A year in Chemawawin 2 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Chemawawin 2’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Chemawawin 2 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 224 frosts and 75 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to June; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 75 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 487 mm of rain and snow a year
185th wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. On about 79 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 113 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 24 cm in December, the snowiest month. 185th snowiest of 188 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Living with Chemawawin 2’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Expect around 100 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Expect around 17 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Chemawawin 2’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Grand Rapids Hydro
Grand Rapids Hydro is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 35 km east |
| Station altitude | 223 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.7°C |
| Average wind | 9.4 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Mafeking, 100 km |
How Chemawawin 2 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 Chemawawin 2 whose figures come from another normals location. Chemawawin 2 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 125–149 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemawawin 2 Grand Rapids Hydro | 24.1°C | −24.0°C | 487 mm |
| The Pas 125 km · The Pas | 23.9°C about the same | −23.4°C 0.6°C milder | 469 mm |
| Minitonas-Bowsman 141 km · Mafeking | 24.8°C 0.7°C warmer | −21.2°C 2.8°C milder | 658 mm |
Chemawawin 2 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 | −13.6°C | −24.0°C | −18.8°C | 21 mm | 18 cm |
| February | −10.3°C | −23.1°C | −16.7°C | 12 mm | 11 cm |
| March | −3.1°C | −16.9°C | −10.1°C | 20 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 5.8°C | −7.2°C | −0.7°C | 26 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 13.0°C | −0.4°C | 6.3°C | 50 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 19.7°C | 7.0°C | 13.3°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.1°C | 10.9°C | 17.5°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.6°C | 9.7°C | 16.2°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.6°C | 4.5°C | 10.5°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 7.7°C | −2.1°C | 2.8°C | 40 mm | 9 cm |
| November | −2.6°C | −11.4°C | −7.0°C | 24 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −10.9°C | −20.6°C | −15.8°C | 21 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 5.7°C | −6.1°C | −0.2°C | 487 mm | 113 cm |
April: −33.9°C at its coldest, 25.0°C at its warmest
Year to year, December varies most (a standard deviation of 4.5°C around −15.8°C) and July least (1.1°C).
Where Chemawawin 2’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Grand Rapids Hydro (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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 Chemawawin 2’s climate
How warm does Chemawawin 2 get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 24.1°C.
How cold does Chemawawin 2 get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −24.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Chemawawin 2 get?
Measured as water, a year brings 487 mm: 79 mm in June, the wettest month, and 12 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Chemawawin 2 itself?
Not quite: they come from Grand Rapids Hydro, the closest ECCC normals location to Chemawawin 2.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Chemawawin 2 →
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