Few Canadian towns have colder winter nights than God's Lake 23
Expect July afternoons of about 23.1°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 88% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. Heating does most of its work from October to May, in months below 10°C on average.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for God's Lake 23 come from Island Lake, 78 km south, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in God's Lake 23 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about God's Lake 23’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in God's Lake 23 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 206 frosts and 70 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 81 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 567 mm of rain and snow a year
8th wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. On about 94 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
177 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; November brings the most, about 31 cm. 6th 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 God's Lake 23
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. Homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with God's Lake 23’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 24 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 29 September, ends a season of about 127 days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 109 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
On some 13 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on God's Lake 23’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Island Lake
Island Lake is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 78 km south |
| Station altitude | 235 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.3°C |
| Average wind | 11.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Gillam, 202 km |
How God's Lake 23 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
Places around God's Lake 23 whose figures come from another normals location. God's Lake 23 has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 157 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| God's Lake 23 Island Lake | 23.1°C | −26.3°C | 567 mm |
| Division No. 22, Unorganized 157 km · Norway House | 23.5°C about the same | −25.5°C 0.8°C milder | 495 mm |
God's Lake 23 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 | −16.4°C | −26.3°C | −21.4°C | 22 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −12.4°C | −25.0°C | −18.7°C | 20 mm | 23 cm |
| March | −3.8°C | −17.2°C | −10.5°C | 24 mm | 23 cm |
| April | 5.6°C | −7.1°C | −0.7°C | 24 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 13.1°C | 1.3°C | 7.2°C | 48 mm | 10 cm |
| June | 20.1°C | 9.1°C | 14.6°C | 71 mm | 1 cm |
| July | 23.1°C | 13.2°C | 18.2°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.5°C | 12.2°C | 16.9°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 14.8°C | 6.5°C | 10.7°C | 62 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 5.8°C | −0.1°C | 2.8°C | 58 mm | 20 cm |
| November | −4.4°C | −10.9°C | −7.7°C | 31 mm | 31 cm |
| December | −13.2°C | −21.8°C | −17.5°C | 26 mm | 29 cm |
| Year | 4.5°C | −5.5°C | −0.5°C | 567 mm | 177 cm |
In March, anything from −41.6°C to 19.3°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.1°C of the normal, −18.7°C. August is the steadiest, within 1.3°C.
Where God's Lake 23’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Island Lake from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about God's Lake 23’s climate
How warm does God's Lake 23 get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.1°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does God's Lake 23 get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −26.3°C.
How much rain and snow does God's Lake 23 get?
Precipitation totals 567 mm a year, with July the wettest month (99 mm) and February the driest (20 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 176 days a year.
Are these figures for God's Lake 23 itself?
They are the figures for Island Lake, which read better as the region’s climate than God's Lake 23’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for God's Lake 23 →
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