Photo: Jasonbook99 · CC BY-SA 4.0Lakeshore has colder winter nights than 92% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.1°C. June is the wettest month here, with about 7.2 times the rain and snow of February. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 78% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 78 days a year with 1 mm or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Lakeshore itself; the figures are those of Dauphin, 23 km west.
A year in Lakeshore at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lakeshore’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Lakeshore feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 201 days, 20°C on 103
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 54 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
462 mm of precipitation in a typical year
186th wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Lakeshore
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lakeshore’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 21 May and returns near 20 September, about 121 days apart.
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 83 days with a wind chill below −20.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 30 days a year.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Lakeshore’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Dauphin
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Dauphin are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 23 km west |
| Station altitude | 305 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.0°C |
| Average wind | 14.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Roblin, 115 km |
How Lakeshore 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 Lakeshore’s would only repeat its figures. Lakeshore has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 67–71 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Dauphin | 25.1°C | −20.9°C | 462 mm |
| Clanwilliam-Erickson 67 km · Brandon | 24.9°C about the same | −21.9°C 1.0°C colder | 489 mm |
| Grandview 69 km · Roblin | 23.7°C 1.4°C cooler | −22.3°C 1.4°C colder | 448 mm |
Lakeshore weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.7°C | −20.9°C | −15.8°C | 17 mm |
| February | −8.0°C | −19.1°C | −13.6°C | 12 mm |
| March | −0.9°C | −12.2°C | −6.5°C | 25 mm |
| April | 9.3°C | −3.6°C | 2.9°C | 26 mm |
| May | 17.2°C | 3.0°C | 10.2°C | 51 mm |
| June | 22.3°C | 9.8°C | 16.1°C | 87 mm |
| July | 25.1°C | 12.4°C | 18.8°C | 71 mm |
| August | 24.6°C | 10.8°C | 17.8°C | 55 mm |
| September | 18.9°C | 5.7°C | 12.3°C | 53 mm |
| October | 9.8°C | −1.2°C | 4.3°C | 31 mm |
| November | −0.4°C | −9.6°C | −5.0°C | 18 mm |
| December | −8.0°C | −17.7°C | −12.9°C | 17 mm |
| Year | 8.3°C | −3.5°C | 2.4°C | 462 mm |
A March here can run from −39.0°C to 24.2°C
Two years in three, December’s average falls within 4.4°C of its normal of −12.9°C; July keeps to within 1.3°C.
Where Lakeshore’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Dauphin (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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: snowfall (no location within 100 km publishes a full year of it), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and an altitude correction.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lakeshore’s climate
How warm does Lakeshore get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.1°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Lakeshore get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −20.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Lakeshore get?
462 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is June (87 mm); the driest, February (12 mm).
Are these figures for Lakeshore itself?
Not quite: they come from Dauphin, the closest ECCC normals location to Lakeshore.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lakeshore →
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).