Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Lac du Bonnet
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.2°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 68% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 47°C apart. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
No ECCC station in Lac du Bonnet has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Pinawa, 8.4 km south, instead.
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
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 194 frosts and 98 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. 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
June is the wettest month and February the driest. 4th wettest of 190 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
About 126 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 27 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Pinawa normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 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.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. By this count, homes here need more heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lac du Bonnet’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
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 →Winter brings about 70 days with a wind chill below −20.
Expect around 28 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Lac du Bonnet’s hazards page.
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 | 8.4 km south |
| Station altitude | 267 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 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, 80 km |
How Lac du Bonnet compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Lac du Bonnet’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Lac du Bonnet with figures are 57–67 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lac du Bonnet Pinawa | 25.2°C | −21.7°C | 571 mm |
| St. Clements 57 km · Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C 0.6°C warmer | −21.2°C 0.5°C milder | 519 mm |
| Division No. 1, Unorganized 67 km · Indian Bay | 25.1°C about the same | −22.1°C about the same | 643 mm |
Lac du Bonnet 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 | −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 | 12 cm |
| March | 0.1°C | −12.5°C | −6.2°C | 28 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 9.4°C | −3.5°C | 3.0°C | 30 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 16.6°C | 3.6°C | 10.1°C | 71 mm | 4 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 | 4 cm |
| November | 0.0°C | −8.1°C | −4.1°C | 24 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −7.8°C | −17.0°C | −12.4°C | 25 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 8.3°C | −3.2°C | 2.6°C | 571 mm | 126 cm |
March has run from −40.5°C to 24.6°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.0°C from −14.3°C. July moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Lac du Bonnet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Pinawa, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
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?
Expect highs near 25.2°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Lac du Bonnet get in winter?
Overnight lows average −21.7°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Lac du Bonnet get?
Some 571 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (99 mm), the least in February (14 mm).
Are these figures for Lac du Bonnet itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Pinawa, not in Lac du Bonnet; the page uses the nearest it has.
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).