Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainHardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Flin Flon (Part)
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.7°C. Precipitation follows the seasons: July brings about 5.2 times as much as February. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 76% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 83 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Read at Flin Flon, 15 km south-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Flin Flon (Part) at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Flin Flon (Part)’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Flin Flon (Part) feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 207 frosts and 76 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 69 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
491 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
133 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 24 cm in November, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Flin Flon (Part)
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Flin Flon (Part)’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plant out after about 21 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 24 September, leaving roughly 125 days without frost.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →A typical year is calm by definition; Flin Flon (Part)’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Flin Flon
Flin Flon is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 15 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 304 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.0°C |
| Average wind | 10.0 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Island Falls, 90 km |
How Flin Flon (Part) 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
Places around Flin Flon (Part) whose figures come from another normals location. Flin Flon (Part) has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 73–113 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flin Flon (Part) Flin Flon | 23.7°C | −24.1°C | 491 mm |
| Kelsey 73 km · The Pas | 23.9°C about the same | −23.4°C 0.7°C milder | 469 mm |
| Pelican Narrows 184B 82 km · Island Falls | 23.0°C 0.7°C cooler | −26.2°C 2.1°C colder | 489 mm |
Flin Flon (Part) 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 | −14.8°C | −24.1°C | −19.5°C | 24 mm | 24 cm |
| February | −11.1°C | −22.6°C | −16.9°C | 16 mm | 16 cm |
| March | −3.0°C | −16.0°C | −9.6°C | 19 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 6.4°C | −6.0°C | 0.2°C | 22 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 14.5°C | 2.1°C | 8.3°C | 39 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.6°C | 9.6°C | 15.1°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.7°C | 13.2°C | 18.5°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.1°C | 12.2°C | 17.2°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 15.5°C | 6.3°C | 10.9°C | 62 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 6.1°C | −0.6°C | 2.8°C | 39 mm | 11 cm |
| November | −4.4°C | −11.1°C | −7.8°C | 26 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −12.5°C | −20.7°C | −16.7°C | 23 mm | 23 cm |
| Year | 5.2°C | −4.8°C | 0.2°C | 491 mm | 133 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −41.0°C to 15.6°C
December is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.3°C of the normal, −16.7°C. July is the steadiest, within 1.2°C.
Where Flin Flon (Part)’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Flin Flon (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Flin Flon (Part)’s climate
How warm does Flin Flon (Part) get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.7°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Flin Flon (Part) get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −24.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Flin Flon (Part) get?
Count on roughly 491 mm a year, heaviest in July (86 mm) and lightest in February (16 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 164 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Flin Flon (Part) itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Flin Flon location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Flin Flon (Part).
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Flin Flon (Part) →
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).