Midwinter lows in Emerson-Franklin sink below those of 89% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 26.0°C. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 69% of Canadian towns. June is the wettest month, February the driest. Frost comes on about 186 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Measured at Emerson, 11 km south-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Emerson-Franklin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Emerson-Franklin’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Emerson-Franklin feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 186 days, 20°C on 117
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 46 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 543 mm of rain and snow a year
8th wettest of 189 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. About 75 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 126 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 27 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Emerson normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 90 km away.
Heating a home in Emerson-Franklin
92% 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. That means homes here need more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Emerson-Franklin’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 79 days in a normal year.
Expect around 43 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Emerson-Franklin’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Emerson
Emerson is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 11 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 90 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 16.7 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Morden, 70 km |
How Emerson-Franklin 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 Emerson-Franklin’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 44–60 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Emerson-Franklin.
Emerson-Franklin 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 | −10.6°C | −20.4°C | −15.5°C | 16 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −7.8°C | −18.4°C | −13.1°C | 16 mm | 12 cm |
| March | −0.1°C | −10.2°C | −5.2°C | 24 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.6°C | −1.5°C | 4.6°C | 29 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 19.2°C | 5.4°C | 12.3°C | 79 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 11.5°C | 17.7°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 13.4°C | 19.7°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.6°C | 11.8°C | 18.7°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.5°C | 7.1°C | 13.8°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.2°C | 0.2°C | 5.7°C | 41 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 1.1°C | −7.8°C | −3.4°C | 25 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −7.3°C | −16.3°C | −11.8°C | 21 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 9.4°C | −2.1°C | 3.6°C | 543 mm | 126 cm |
From −43.2°C to 14.1°C: February’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.1°C from −13.1°C. July moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Emerson-Franklin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Emerson: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Emerson-Franklin’s climate
How warm does Emerson-Franklin get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 26.0°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Emerson-Franklin get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −20.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Emerson-Franklin get?
June is the wettest month at 90 mm and February the driest at 16 mm, for 543 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Emerson-Franklin itself?
Yes: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Emerson, a location inside Emerson-Franklin.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Emerson-Franklin →
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).