Photo: Rob Swystun from Winnipeg, Canada · CC BY 2.0Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Grahamdale
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.2°C. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 68% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 50°C across the year, low to high. Frost comes on about 217 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Hodgson, 83 km east: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Grahamdale itself.
A year in Grahamdale at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Grahamdale’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Grahamdale feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
217 frost days and 98 days above 20°C a year
From September to June frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 65 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
602 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. 3rd wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. About 89 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 182 cm in a normal 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 Grahamdale
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. By this count, homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Grahamdale’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Gardens get from about 3 June to 13 September without frost, around 101 days in all.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Grahamdale’s hazards page.
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 | 83 km 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 | Dauphin, 105 km |
How Grahamdale 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Grahamdale’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 48 km from Grahamdale.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grahamdale Hodgson | 25.2°C | −24.3°C | 602 mm |
| Ebb and Flow 52 48 km · Dauphin | 25.1°C about the same | −20.9°C 3.4°C milder | 462 mm |
Grahamdale 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 | −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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −40.0°C to 25.0°C
Two years in three, December’s average falls within 4.3°C of its normal of −14.7°C; June keeps to within 1.5°C.
Where Grahamdale’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: 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, 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 Grahamdale’s climate
How warm does Grahamdale get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.2°C.
How cold does Grahamdale get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −24.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Grahamdale get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 602 mm; the range runs from 22 mm in February to 85 mm in June.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 143 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Grahamdale itself?
No: they come from Hodgson, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Grahamdale.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Grahamdale →
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).