Photo: Masterhatch · CC BY-SA 4.0Melita is drier than 94% of Canadian towns: 422 mm of rain and snow a year
Sunny July days climb to about 25.6°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of 88% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 46°C across the year, low to high. Expect about 194 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, measured at Melita, 0.3 km north.
A year in Melita at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Melita’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Melita feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
194 frost days and 111 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January 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 422 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 190th wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. Some 64 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
142 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 26 cm. 7th snowiest of 188 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Melita normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Elkhorn, 74 km away.
Heating a home in Melita
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. A house here needs more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Melita’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 19 May and the first autumn frost around 22 September: about 125 frost-free days between.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 78 days in a normal year.
A humidex above 30 marks about 35 days in a normal year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Melita: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Melita
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Melita, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 0.3 km north |
| Station altitude | 446 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Elkhorn, 74 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.6°C |
| Average wind | 15.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Elkhorn, 74 km |
How Melita 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Melita’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Melita with figures are 49–65 km away.
Melita 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 | −9.5°C | −19.9°C | −14.8°C | 13 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −7.6°C | −18.6°C | −13.1°C | 11 mm | 17 cm |
| March | −0.6°C | −11.1°C | −5.9°C | 20 mm | 25 cm |
| April | 10.6°C | −2.1°C | 4.2°C | 22 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 4.2°C | 11.2°C | 68 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 22.6°C | 10.4°C | 16.5°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 12.9°C | 19.3°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 11.2°C | 18.5°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 6.3°C | 13.2°C | 36 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | −1.0°C | 5.0°C | 31 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 0.8°C | −9.2°C | −4.2°C | 16 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −7.0°C | −16.7°C | −11.9°C | 16 mm | 26 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | −2.8°C | 3.2°C | 422 mm | 142 cm |
From −35.4°C to 21.8°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.5°C from −13.1°C. July moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Melita’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Melita, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Melita’s climate
How warm does Melita get in summer?
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 25.7°C.
How cold does Melita get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −19.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Melita get?
The year adds up to 422 mm. June is the peak month (82 mm) and February the low one (11 mm).
Are these figures for Melita itself?
Yes, from ECCC’s station within Melita’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Melita →
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).