Ebb and Flow 52 has colder winter nights than 92% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 25.1°C. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 78% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in February. About 78 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Every figure here comes from Dauphin, 73 km west; ECCC has no normals closer to Ebb and Flow 52, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Ebb and Flow 52 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Ebb and Flow 52’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Ebb and Flow 52 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 201 days, 20°C on 103
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 54 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 462 mm of rain and snow a year
186th wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Ebb and Flow 52
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Ebb and Flow 52’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 21 May and the first autumn frost around 20 September: about 121 frost-free days between.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 83 days a year here.
Plan shade and water for about 30 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Ebb and Flow 52’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Dauphin
Dauphin is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 73 km west |
| Station altitude | 305 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.0°C |
| Average wind | 14.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Hodgson, 109 km |
How Ebb and Flow 52 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Ebb and Flow 52’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Ebb and Flow 52 with figures are 37–73 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebb and Flow 52 Dauphin | 25.1°C | −20.9°C | 462 mm |
| West Interlake 37 km · Hodgson | 25.2°C about the same | −24.3°C 3.4°C colder | 602 mm |
| Sandy Bay 5 61 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 1.8°C milder | 493 mm |
| Rosedale 73 km · Brandon | 24.9°C about the same | −21.9°C 1.0°C colder | 489 mm |
Ebb and Flow 52 weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.7°C | −20.9°C | −15.8°C | 17 mm |
| February | −8.0°C | −19.1°C | −13.6°C | 12 mm |
| March | −0.9°C | −12.2°C | −6.5°C | 25 mm |
| April | 9.3°C | −3.6°C | 2.9°C | 26 mm |
| May | 17.2°C | 3.0°C | 10.2°C | 51 mm |
| June | 22.3°C | 9.8°C | 16.1°C | 87 mm |
| July | 25.1°C | 12.4°C | 18.8°C | 71 mm |
| August | 24.6°C | 10.8°C | 17.8°C | 55 mm |
| September | 18.9°C | 5.7°C | 12.3°C | 53 mm |
| October | 9.8°C | −1.2°C | 4.3°C | 31 mm |
| November | −0.4°C | −9.6°C | −5.0°C | 18 mm |
| December | −8.0°C | −17.7°C | −12.9°C | 17 mm |
| Year | 8.3°C | −3.5°C | 2.4°C | 462 mm |
March has run from −39.0°C to 24.2°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, December’s average typically shifts by 4.4°C around its normal of −12.9°C, the widest of any month, while July’s shifts by 1.3°C.
Where Ebb and Flow 52’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Dauphin, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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 snowfall figure (none within 100 km), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Ebb and Flow 52’s climate
How warm does Ebb and Flow 52 get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 25.1°C.
How cold does Ebb and Flow 52 get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −20.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Ebb and Flow 52 get?
The yearly total is about 462 mm. June gets 87 mm, the most of any month; February gets 12 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Ebb and Flow 52 itself?
No: they come from Dauphin, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Ebb and Flow 52.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Ebb and Flow 52 →
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