Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainClanwilliam-Erickson sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
July afternoons average 24.9°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 47°C apart. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 76% of Canadian towns. About 73 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Every figure here comes from Brandon, 65 km south; ECCC has no normals closer to Clanwilliam-Erickson, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Clanwilliam-Erickson at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Clanwilliam-Erickson’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Clanwilliam-Erickson feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 205 frosts and 103 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 53 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 489 mm of rain and snow a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
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 Clanwilliam-Erickson
90% 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. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Clanwilliam-Erickson’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 18 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 18 September, ends a season of about 122 days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 87 days a year.
Plan shade and water for about 31 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Clanwilliam-Erickson’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Brandon
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Brandon are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 65 km south |
| 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 | Dauphin, 69 km |
How Clanwilliam-Erickson 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
Places around Clanwilliam-Erickson whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Clanwilliam-Erickson with figures are 22–67 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clanwilliam-Erickson Brandon | 24.9°C | −21.9°C | 489 mm |
| Harrison Park 22 km · Dauphin | 25.1°C about the same | −20.9°C 1.0°C milder | 462 mm |
| Yellowhead 53 km · Elkhorn | 25.4°C 0.5°C warmer | −19.6°C 2.3°C milder | 517 mm |
Clanwilliam-Erickson 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 | −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 |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 4.2°C of normal, against the steadier July
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −38.4°C (2003) and 22.6°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Clanwilliam-Erickson’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Brandon 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Clanwilliam-Erickson’s climate
How warm does Clanwilliam-Erickson get in summer?
Midsummer means August, with afternoons near 25.1°C on a typical day.
How cold does Clanwilliam-Erickson get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −21.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Clanwilliam-Erickson get?
June is the wettest month at 98 mm and February the driest at 14 mm, for 489 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 138 days a year.
Are these figures for Clanwilliam-Erickson itself?
They are the figures for Brandon, which read better as the region’s climate than Clanwilliam-Erickson’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Clanwilliam-Erickson →
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).