Photo: DrBeetrootCa · CC BY-SA 4.0Winter nights in Lorne are colder than in 89% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.9°C. Expect the most rain and snow in June and the least in February. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 75% of Canadian towns. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 23–26°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Lorne itself; the figures are those of Cypress River, 35 km north-west.
A year in Lorne at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lorne’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Lorne feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 194 days, 20°C on 111
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. Some 46 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 517 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 78 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
137 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 34 cm. 9th snowiest of 187 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 Lorne
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Homes here need more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lorne’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 19 May until frost returns near 21 September: about 124 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A typical year is calm by definition; Lorne’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Cypress River
Cypress River is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 35 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 374 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Morden, 49 km |
How Lorne 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Lorne’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Lorne with figures are 22–46 km away.
Lorne 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 | −10.1°C | −20.1°C | −15.1°C | 20 mm | 23 cm |
| February | −7.4°C | −18.1°C | −12.8°C | 17 mm | 18 cm |
| March | 0.1°C | −10.4°C | −5.1°C | 21 mm | 16 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −2.1°C | 4.2°C | 27 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 18.2°C | 4.6°C | 11.4°C | 70 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 23.2°C | 10.7°C | 17.0°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.1°C | 19.5°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 11.7°C | 18.7°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.2°C | 7.0°C | 13.6°C | 45 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.8°C | −0.1°C | 5.4°C | 38 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 0.4°C | −8.6°C | −4.1°C | 25 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −7.4°C | −16.5°C | −12.0°C | 27 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | −2.4°C | 3.4°C | 517 mm | 137 cm |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 4.2°C of normal, against the steadier June
March has the widest record range, −36.0°C in 1998 to 24.0°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Lorne’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Cypress River (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lorne’s climate
How warm does Lorne get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.9°C.
How cold does Lorne get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −20.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Lorne get?
517 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is June (91 mm); the driest, February (17 mm).
Are these figures for Lorne itself?
Not quite: they come from Cypress River, the closest ECCC normals location to Lorne.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lorne →
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).