Division No. 1, Unorganized has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.1°C on average. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 47°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 68% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Division No. 1, Unorganized is Indian Bay, 29 km south-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Division No. 1, Unorganized at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Division No. 1, Unorganized’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Division No. 1, Unorganized feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 198 frosts and 98 warm days 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 53 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 643 mm a year
The most falls in June, the least in February. 3rd wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. About 99 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 121 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 29 cm. 184th 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 Division No. 1, Unorganized
91% 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. By this count, homes here need more heating than 92% of Canadian towns.
Living with Division No. 1, Unorganized’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 24 May and returns near 19 September, about 117 days apart.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Division No. 1, Unorganized’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Indian Bay
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Indian Bay.
| Distance from the town | 29 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 327 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Pinawa, 62 km |
How Division No. 1, Unorganized 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Division No. 1, Unorganized’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 46–64 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Division No. 1, Unorganized.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 1, Unorganized Indian Bay | 25.1°C | −22.1°C | 643 mm |
| Whitemouth 46 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C about the same | −21.7°C about the same | 571 mm |
| Kenora 63 km · Kenora | 24.4°C 0.7°C cooler | −20.1°C 2.0°C milder | 754 mm |
Division No. 1, Unorganized 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 | −22.1°C | −16.1°C | 26 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −6.6°C | −20.4°C | −13.5°C | 17 mm | 16 cm |
| March | 0.9°C | −12.1°C | −5.6°C | 22 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 9.2°C | −3.6°C | 2.8°C | 31 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 4.3°C | 10.6°C | 78 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 10.7°C | 16.6°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 13.0°C | 19.1°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.0°C | 11.6°C | 17.8°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.5°C | 6.8°C | 12.7°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.8°C | 0.2°C | 5.0°C | 62 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 0.3°C | −8.1°C | −3.9°C | 36 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −7.4°C | −17.3°C | −12.4°C | 30 mm | 29 cm |
| Year | 8.6°C | −3.1°C | 2.8°C | 643 mm | 121 cm |
Two years in three, December’s average lands within 4.0°C of normal, against the steadier June
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; February’s run from −46.0°C in 1996 to 15.5°C in 2017.
Where Division No. 1, Unorganized’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Indian Bay 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 Division No. 1, Unorganized’s climate
How warm does Division No. 1, Unorganized get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 25.1°C.
How cold does Division No. 1, Unorganized get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −22.1°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Division No. 1, Unorganized get?
June is the wettest month at 101 mm and February the driest at 17 mm, for 643 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 135 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Division No. 1, Unorganized itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Indian Bay; Division No. 1, Unorganized has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Division No. 1, Unorganized →
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