Photo: HS01 · CC BY-SA 4.0Dufferin has colder winter nights than 85% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.6°C. Seasons differ by 44°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 69% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 182 days a year at 0°C or below.
ECCC publishes no normals for Dufferin itself; the figures are those of Morden, 41 km south.
A year in Dufferin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Dufferin’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Dufferin feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 182 days, 20°C on 111
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. Some 39 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 528 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 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
137 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 34 cm). 9th snowiest of 187 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Morden publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Cypress River, 73 km away.
Heating a home in Dufferin
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Dufferin’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
From about 15 May to 28 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 135 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 69 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 37 days a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Dufferin’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Morden
ECCC builds the Morden normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 41 km south |
| Station altitude | 298 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Cypress River, 73 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.1°C |
| Average wind | 12.7 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Portage Southport, 41 km |
How Dufferin 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 Dufferin whose figures come from another normals location. Dufferin has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–45 km out.
Dufferin weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.5°C | −18.5°C | −14.0°C | 17 mm | 23 cm |
| February | −7.2°C | −16.4°C | −11.8°C | 16 mm | 18 cm |
| March | 0.0°C | −9.0°C | −4.5°C | 20 mm | 16 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −1.4°C | 4.3°C | 30 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 5.5°C | 11.8°C | 76 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 23.2°C | 11.9°C | 17.6°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 14.3°C | 20.0°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 13.0°C | 19.2°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 8.0°C | 14.1°C | 54 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.9°C | 1.1°C | 6.0°C | 39 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 0.7°C | −7.5°C | −3.4°C | 27 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −6.7°C | −14.9°C | −10.8°C | 22 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | −1.2°C | 4.0°C | 528 mm | 137 cm |
In March, anything from −32.8°C to 23.1°C
Two years in three, December’s average falls within 4.2°C of its normal of −10.8°C; August keeps to within 1.4°C.
Where Dufferin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Morden, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Dufferin’s climate
How warm does Dufferin get in summer?
Highs reach 25.6°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Dufferin get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −18.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Dufferin get?
A normal year brings 528 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 89 mm, February driest at 16 mm.
Are these figures for Dufferin itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Morden, since Dufferin has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Dufferin →
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).