Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElton has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns
July afternoons average 24.9°C. June is the wettest month, February the driest. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 76% of Canadian towns. About 73 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Elton has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Brandon, 7.8 km south-west.
A year in Elton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Elton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Elton feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 205 frosts and 103 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 53 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
489 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 128 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 29 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Elton
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. Homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Elton’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 122 days, roughly 18 May to 18 September.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 87 days with a wind chill below −20.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 31 days a year.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Elton’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Brandon
ECCC builds the Brandon normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 7.8 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 409 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.9°C |
| Average wind | 15.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Cypress River, 75 km |
How Elton compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Elton’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 39–67 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Elton.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elton Brandon | 24.9°C | −21.9°C | 489 mm |
| Carberry 39 km · Cypress River | 25.9°C 1.0°C warmer | −20.1°C 1.8°C milder | 517 mm |
| Hamiota 56 km · Elkhorn | 25.4°C 0.5°C warmer | −19.6°C 2.3°C milder | 517 mm |
| Harrison Park 66 km · Dauphin | 25.1°C about the same | −20.9°C 1.0°C milder | 462 mm |
Elton weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −11.4°C | −21.9°C | −16.7°C | 18 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −8.5°C | −19.7°C | −14.1°C | 14 mm | 17 cm |
| March | −1.6°C | −12.5°C | −7.0°C | 24 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 9.6°C | −3.3°C | 3.1°C | 27 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 3.2°C | 10.3°C | 65 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.6°C | 9.7°C | 16.2°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.9°C | 11.8°C | 18.4°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 10.2°C | 17.7°C | 56 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.5°C | 4.9°C | 12.2°C | 43 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.1°C | −2.2°C | 4.0°C | 32 mm | 6 cm |
| November | −0.3°C | −10.3°C | −5.3°C | 20 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −8.6°C | −18.5°C | −13.6°C | 22 mm | 29 cm |
| Year | 8.2°C | −4.0°C | 2.1°C | 489 mm | 128 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.2°C; the steadiest month is July
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −38.4°C (2003) and 22.6°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Elton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Brandon, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Elton’s climate
How warm does Elton get in summer?
Summer peaks in August: a typical afternoon reaches 25.1°C.
How cold does Elton get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −21.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Elton get?
A normal year brings 489 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 98 mm, February driest at 14 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 138 days a year.
Are these figures for Elton itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Brandon, outside Elton.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Elton →
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).