Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Lac du Bonnet has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.2°C. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and February the least. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 68% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Lac du Bonnet has no normals station, so these come from Pinawa, 11 km south-west.
A year in Lac du Bonnet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lac du Bonnet’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Lac du Bonnet feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
194 frost days and 98 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 54 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 571 mm of rain and snow a year
4th wettest of 189 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. Some 88 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
121 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 29 cm. 184th snowiest of 187 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Pinawa publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Indian Bay, 91 km away.
Heating a home in Lac du Bonnet
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. A house here needs more heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lac du Bonnet’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →About 70 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 28 a year.
A typical year is calm by definition; Lac du Bonnet’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pinawa
Pinawa is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 11 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 267 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Indian Bay, 91 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.4°C |
| Average wind | 8.7 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Gimli, 84 km |
How Lac du Bonnet 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Lac du Bonnet’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 62–72 km from Lac du Bonnet.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lac du Bonnet Pinawa | 25.2°C | −21.7°C | 571 mm |
| St. Clements 62 km · Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C 0.6°C warmer | −21.2°C 0.5°C milder | 519 mm |
| Division No. 1, Unorganized 64 km · Indian Bay | 25.1°C about the same | −22.1°C about the same | 643 mm |
| Dunnottar 72 km · Gimli | 25.3°C about the same | −22.7°C 1.0°C colder | 517 mm |
Lac du Bonnet 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 | −10.7°C | −21.7°C | −16.2°C | 30 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −7.9°C | −20.7°C | −14.3°C | 14 mm | 16 cm |
| March | 0.1°C | −12.5°C | −6.2°C | 28 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 9.4°C | −3.5°C | 3.0°C | 30 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 16.6°C | 3.6°C | 10.1°C | 71 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 10.0°C | 16.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.2°C | 12.8°C | 19.0°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 11.6°C | 17.9°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.8°C | 7.0°C | 12.9°C | 63 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.9°C | 0.5°C | 5.3°C | 39 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 0.0°C | −8.1°C | −4.1°C | 24 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −7.8°C | −17.0°C | −12.4°C | 25 mm | 29 cm |
| Year | 8.3°C | −3.2°C | 2.6°C | 571 mm | 121 cm |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 4.0°C of normal, against the steadier July
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −40.5°C in 2003 to 24.6°C in 2012.
Where Lac du Bonnet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Pinawa, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Lac du Bonnet’s climate
How warm does Lac du Bonnet get in summer?
Highs reach 25.2°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Lac du Bonnet get in winter?
January nights average −21.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Lac du Bonnet get?
About 571 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (99 mm) and February the driest (14 mm).
Are these figures for Lac du Bonnet itself?
They are borrowed from Pinawa, the nearest place to Lac du Bonnet where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lac du Bonnet →
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).