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Climate in Little Grand Rapids 14 · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Little Grand Rapids 14

On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 23.3°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 87% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 47°C apart. The furnace earns its keep from October to May, the months that average under 10°C.

July afternoons: cooler than 87% of Canadian towns
January nights: colder than almost every Canadian town
Rain and snow a year: drier than 77% of Canadian towns

Little Grand Rapids 14 has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Berens River, 114 km west, so read them as the wider area’s climate.

A year in Little Grand Rapids 14 at a glance

Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.

Jan−14°C−23°CColdest nights
Feb−11°C−23°C
Mar−3°C−15°C
Apr6°C−6°C
May14°C2°C
Jun21°C9°C
Jul23°C12°CWarmest
Aug22°C11°CWettest
Sep16°C6°C
Oct7°C−1°C
Nov now−2°C−10°C
Dec−11°C−20°C

What stands out about Little Grand Rapids 14’s climate

Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.

A normal year

What a year in Little Grand Rapids 14 feels like

Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

Winter
−12°C / −22°C
45 mm of rain and snow
Spring
6°C / −6°C
86 mm of rain and snow
Summer
22°C / 11°C
196 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season
Autumn
7°C / −2°C
141 mm of rain and snow
Best months to be outsideJunJulAugHighs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more
Frost & warm days

Frost on 208 days, 20°C on 78

Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. On about 67 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.

208
Frost days a year (0°C or below)
More frosts than 96% of Canadian towns
130
Days that stay below 0°C
67
Nights a year below −20°C
78
Days a year above 20°C
2
Days a year above 30°C

Frost days by month

Average days at 0°C or below

31
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Days above 20°C by month

Average days

25
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Rain & snow

468 mm of precipitation in a typical year

The most falls in August, the least in February. 186th wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. About 74 days a year bring 1 mm or more.

468 mm
Rain and snow a year
Drier than 77% of Canadian towns
78 mm
August, the wettest month
9 mm
February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

78 mm
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Heating

Heating a home in Little Grand Rapids 14

88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.

6,442 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020
1,414 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. By this count, homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.

Living here

Living with Little Grand Rapids 14’s climate

The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.

Get outside

Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.

Parks & trails →
Wind chill

Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 94 days a year.

Humidex

On some 17 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.

Storms and extremes

Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Little Grand Rapids 14’s hazards page.

Flood & hazards →
Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: Berens River

The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Berens River, one of its 450 normals locations.

Distance from the town114 km west
Station altitude222 m
Completenessmeets the WMO “3 and 5” rule
WMO standard normalsNo
Snowfall fromNo location within 100 km
Coldest reading, 1991–2020−43.9°C
Hottest reading, 1991–202037.3°C
Average wind11.8 km/h on average, most often from the north-west
Next-nearest locationRed Lake, 155 km
Compared with other towns

How Little Grand Rapids 14 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.

July afternoons23.3°C
Little Grand Rapids 14Median Canadian town
20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C
Cooler than 87% of Canadian towns189th warmest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba
January nights−23.4°C
Little Grand Rapids 14Median Canadian town
−30°C−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C
Colder than almost every Canadian town186th mildest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba
Rain and snow a year468 mm
Little Grand Rapids 14Median Canadian town
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Drier than 77% of Canadian towns186th wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba
Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

Places around Little Grand Rapids 14 whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 104–158 km from Little Grand Rapids 14.

TownJuly highJanuary lowRain & snow
Little Grand Rapids 14 Berens River23.3°C−23.4°C468 mm
Pikangikum 14 104 km · Red Lake24.0°C 0.7°C warmer−23.5°C about the same722 mm
Deer Lake 117 km · Island Lake23.1°C about the same−26.3°C 2.9°C colder567 mm
Fisher River 44 148 km · Hodgson25.2°C 1.9°C warmer−24.3°C 0.9°C colder602 mm
Month by month

Little Grand Rapids 14 weather by month

Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.

MonthHighLowMeanRain & snow
January−13.6°C−23.4°C−18.5°C19 mm
February−10.9°C−22.7°C−16.8°C9 mm
March−2.8°C−15.1°C−9.0°C20 mm
April6.4°C−5.9°C0.3°C22 mm
May14.1°C1.8°C7.9°C44 mm
June20.9°C8.8°C14.9°C62 mm
July23.3°C12.0°C17.7°C56 mm
August22.2°C10.9°C16.6°C78 mm
September16.3°C5.8°C11.1°C64 mm
October7.4°C−0.7°C3.4°C49 mm
November−2.3°C−10.0°C−6.2°C28 mm
December−10.5°C−19.7°C−15.1°C17 mm
Year5.9°C−4.8°C0.5°C468 mm
Year to year

A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.3°C; the steadiest month is June

The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −42.9°C in 1995 and a high of 21.9°C in 2012.

Record low to record high, 1991–2020Normal
Sources

Where Little Grand Rapids 14’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

  • Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Berens River from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
  • Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
  • Not on this page: snow, with no complete snowfall normals within 100 km, sunshine, which ECCC published for no location, and any height adjustment.

Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Questions about Little Grand Rapids 14’s climate

How warm does Little Grand Rapids 14 get in summer?

At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 23.3°C.

How cold does Little Grand Rapids 14 get in winter?

Overnight lows average −23.4°C in January, the coldest month.

How much rain and snow does Little Grand Rapids 14 get?

Count on roughly 468 mm a year, heaviest in August (78 mm) and lightest in February (9 mm).

Are these figures for Little Grand Rapids 14 itself?

No. The nearest normals are those of Berens River, a long way from Little Grand Rapids 14.

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Little Grand Rapids 14 →

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).