Few Canadian towns have colder winter nights than Cross Lake 19A
Expect July afternoons of about 23.5°C. Precipitation follows the seasons: July brings about 4.8 times as much as February. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 84 times a year.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Cross Lake 19A come from Norway House, 77 km south, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Cross Lake 19A at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cross Lake 19A’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Cross Lake 19A feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
213 frost days and 76 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 79 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 495 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 193 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 35 cm. The snowiest of 188 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Cross Lake 19A
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Cross Lake 19A’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 103 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 13 days a year.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Cross Lake 19A’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Norway House
Norway House is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 77 km south |
| Station altitude | 224 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.1°C |
| Average wind | 10.8 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Thompson, 128 km |
How Cross Lake 19A 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 Cross Lake 19A whose figures come from another normals location. Cross Lake 19A has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 121–155 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Lake 19A Norway House | 23.5°C | −25.5°C | 495 mm |
| Thompson 121 km · Thompson | 23.1°C about the same | −28.7°C 3.2°C colder | 522 mm |
| Snow Lake 146 km · Flin Flon | 23.7°C about the same | −24.1°C 1.4°C milder | 491 mm |
| Oxford House 24 155 km · Island Lake | 23.1°C about the same | −26.3°C 0.8°C colder | 567 mm |
Cross Lake 19A 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 | −15.5°C | −25.5°C | −20.5°C | 18 mm | 27 cm |
| February | −11.8°C | −24.1°C | −18.0°C | 17 mm | 27 cm |
| March | −3.6°C | −17.0°C | −10.3°C | 23 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 6.1°C | −6.6°C | −0.3°C | 21 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 14.0°C | 1.8°C | 7.9°C | 47 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 8.5°C | 14.5°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 12.3°C | 17.9°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.0°C | 11.1°C | 16.6°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 15.6°C | 5.3°C | 10.5°C | 59 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 6.3°C | −1.5°C | 2.4°C | 42 mm | 22 cm |
| November | −4.3°C | −12.3°C | −8.3°C | 26 mm | 32 cm |
| December | −12.2°C | −21.6°C | −16.9°C | 23 mm | 35 cm |
| Year | 5.1°C | −5.8°C | −0.4°C | 495 mm | 193 cm |
In April, anything from −32.8°C to 23.9°C
December is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.4°C of the normal, −16.9°C. July is the steadiest, within 1.4°C.
Where Cross Lake 19A’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Norway House, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Cross Lake 19A’s climate
How warm does Cross Lake 19A get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Cross Lake 19A get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −25.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Cross Lake 19A get?
About 495 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (79 mm) and February the driest (17 mm).
Are these figures for Cross Lake 19A itself?
They are the figures for Norway House, which read better as the region’s climate than Cross Lake 19A’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cross Lake 19A →
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