Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Division No. 21, Unorganized
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 23.9°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 47°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 77% of Canadian towns. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to August, with highs of 21–24°C.
These are not Division No. 21, Unorganized’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses The Pas, 1.6 km south-east.
A year in Division No. 21, Unorganized at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Division No. 21, 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. 21, Unorganized feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
205 frost days and 80 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 67 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
469 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. 185th wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. Some 74 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 149 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 30 cm. 6th 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. 21, Unorganized
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. A house here needs more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Division No. 21, Unorganized’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 24 May until frost returns near 22 September: about 120 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →About 100 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
A humidex above 30 marks about 15 days in a normal year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Division No. 21, Unorganized’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: The Pas
The Pas is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 1.6 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 270 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.6°C |
| Average wind | 13.3 km/h on average, most often from the south-east |
| Next-nearest location | Flin Flon, 86 km |
How Division No. 21, Unorganized 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 Division No. 21, Unorganized’s own would show the same figures). Division No. 21, Unorganized has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 100–150 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 21, Unorganized The Pas | 23.9°C | −23.4°C | 469 mm |
| Creighton 100 km · Flin Flon | 23.7°C about the same | −24.1°C 0.7°C colder | 491 mm |
| Chemawawin 2 131 km · Grand Rapids Hydro | 24.1°C about the same | −24.0°C 0.6°C colder | 487 mm |
| Hudson Bay 150 km · Hudson Bay | 24.3°C about the same | −22.4°C 1.0°C milder | 445 mm |
Division No. 21, Unorganized 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 | −14.2°C | −23.4°C | −18.8°C | 20 mm | 28 cm |
| February | −10.7°C | −21.7°C | −16.2°C | 12 mm | 18 cm |
| March | −2.9°C | −15.1°C | −9.0°C | 16 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 6.6°C | −5.2°C | 0.7°C | 22 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 14.8°C | 2.2°C | 8.5°C | 39 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 20.7°C | 9.3°C | 15.0°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.9°C | 12.8°C | 18.4°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 11.6°C | 17.1°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.2°C | 6.0°C | 11.1°C | 55 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 6.9°C | −0.8°C | 3.1°C | 41 mm | 13 cm |
| November | −3.6°C | −10.8°C | −7.2°C | 23 mm | 25 cm |
| December | −11.3°C | −19.7°C | −15.6°C | 20 mm | 30 cm |
| Year | 5.7°C | −4.6°C | 0.6°C | 469 mm | 149 cm |
From −30.5°C to 24.8°C: April’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, December’s average typically shifts by 4.2°C around its normal of −15.6°C, the widest of any month, while July’s shifts by 1.3°C.
Where Division No. 21, Unorganized’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at The Pas (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Division No. 21, Unorganized’s climate
How warm does Division No. 21, Unorganized get in summer?
Highs reach 23.9°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Division No. 21, Unorganized get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −23.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Division No. 21, Unorganized get?
Measured as water, a year brings 469 mm: 80 mm in June, the wettest month, and 12 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 163 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Division No. 21, Unorganized itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at The Pas, outside Division No. 21, Unorganized.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Division No. 21, Unorganized →
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