Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0January in Louise bites harder than in 89% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 25.9°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 75% of Canadian towns. June is the wettest month here, with about 5.3 times the rain and snow of February. Windshields need scraping on about 194 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
No ECCC station in Louise has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Cypress River, 41 km north, instead.
A year in Louise at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Louise’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Louise feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 194 frosts and 111 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 46 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 517 mm a year
About 78 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 137 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 34 cm. 9th snowiest of 188 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 Louise
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. A house here needs more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Louise’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 19 May and returns near 21 September, about 124 days apart.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Louise’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Cypress River
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Cypress River are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 41 km north |
| 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, 60 km |
How Louise 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
Places around Louise whose figures come from another normals location. The one place listed is 27 km from Louise, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Cypress River | 25.9°C | −20.1°C | 517 mm |
| Pembina 27 km · Morden | 25.6°C about the same | −18.5°C 1.6°C milder | 528 mm |
Louise weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
February varies most from one year to the next (4.2°C), June least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −36.0°C in 1998 to 24.0°C in 2012.
Where Louise’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Cypress River, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Louise’s climate
How warm does Louise get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.9°C.
How cold does Louise get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −20.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Louise get?
June is the wettest month at 91 mm and February the driest at 17 mm, for 517 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Louise itself?
No, they come from Cypress River; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Louise itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Louise →
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).