Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFisher sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.2°C. Some 50°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 68% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 217 days a year at 0°C or below.
Measured at Hodgson, 16 km north-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Fisher at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fisher’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Fisher feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 217 frosts and 98 warm days a year
From September to June frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 65 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
About 602 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in June, the least in February. 3rd wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. On about 89 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 182 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 39 cm. The 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 Fisher
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Fisher’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Gardens get from about 3 June to 13 September without frost, around 101 days in all.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Fisher’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Hodgson
Hodgson is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 16 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 232 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −45.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Gimli, 66 km |
How Fisher 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Fisher’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 34 km from Fisher, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher Hodgson | 25.2°C | −24.3°C | 602 mm |
| Arborg 34 km · Gimli | 25.3°C about the same | −22.7°C 1.6°C milder | 517 mm |
Fisher weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −12.2°C | −24.3°C | −18.5°C | 35 mm | 35 cm |
| February | −9.1°C | −22.1°C | −15.3°C | 22 mm | 21 cm |
| March | −1.1°C | −14.6°C | −7.9°C | 35 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 8.9°C | −4.8°C | 2.1°C | 32 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 16.8°C | 2.6°C | 9.8°C | 67 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 8.8°C | 15.6°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.2°C | 11.4°C | 18.3°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.4°C | 9.7°C | 17.0°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.3°C | 4.7°C | 11.5°C | 56 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.2°C | −1.9°C | 3.6°C | 49 mm | 10 cm |
| November | −1.0°C | −10.3°C | −5.7°C | 37 mm | 32 cm |
| December | −9.4°C | −19.8°C | −14.7°C | 39 mm | 39 cm |
| Year | 7.7°C | −5.0°C | 1.3°C | 602 mm | 182 cm |
A December here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.3°C; the steadiest month is June
March has the widest record range, −40.0°C in 2003 to 25.0°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Fisher’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Hodgson from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: 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 Fisher’s climate
How warm does Fisher get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.2°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Fisher get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −24.3°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Fisher get?
602 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is June (85 mm); the driest, February (22 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
In a normal winter there are about 143 days with at least 1 cm of snow lying.
Are these figures for Fisher itself?
Yes, measured at Hodgson, which sits inside Fisher’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fisher →
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).