Photo: Jd.101 · CC BY-SA 3.0Minnedosa has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 24.9°C. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 76% of Canadian towns. Precipitation follows the seasons: June brings about 7.0 times as much as February. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Minnedosa is Brandon, 38 km south, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Minnedosa at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Minnedosa’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Minnedosa feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 205 frosts and 103 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 53 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 489 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 73 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
128 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 29 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Minnedosa
90% 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. That means homes here need more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Minnedosa’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 18 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 18 September, ends a season of about 122 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 87 days with a wind chill below −20.
About 31 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Minnedosa’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Brandon
ECCC builds the Brandon normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 38 km south |
| Station altitude | 409 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.9°C |
| Average wind | 15.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Cypress River, 95 km |
How Minnedosa 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 Minnedosa whose figures come from another normals location. Minnedosa has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 39–63 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnedosa Brandon | 24.9°C | −21.9°C | 489 mm |
| Harrison Park 39 km · Dauphin | 25.1°C about the same | −20.9°C 1.0°C milder | 462 mm |
| Carberry 54 km · Cypress River | 25.9°C 1.0°C warmer | −20.1°C 1.8°C milder | 517 mm |
| Hamiota 54 km · Elkhorn | 25.4°C 0.5°C warmer | −19.6°C 2.3°C milder | 517 mm |
| WestLake-Gladstone 63 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C 0.5°C warmer | −19.1°C 2.8°C milder | 493 mm |
Minnedosa weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −11.4°C | −21.9°C | −16.7°C | 18 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −8.5°C | −19.7°C | −14.1°C | 14 mm | 17 cm |
| March | −1.6°C | −12.5°C | −7.0°C | 24 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 9.6°C | −3.3°C | 3.1°C | 27 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 3.2°C | 10.3°C | 65 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.6°C | 9.7°C | 16.2°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.9°C | 11.8°C | 18.4°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 10.2°C | 17.7°C | 56 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.5°C | 4.9°C | 12.2°C | 43 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.1°C | −2.2°C | 4.0°C | 32 mm | 6 cm |
| November | −0.3°C | −10.3°C | −5.3°C | 20 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −8.6°C | −18.5°C | −13.6°C | 22 mm | 29 cm |
| Year | 8.2°C | −4.0°C | 2.1°C | 489 mm | 128 cm |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 4.2°C of normal, against the steadier July
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −38.4°C (2003) and 22.6°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Minnedosa’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Brandon from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Minnedosa’s climate
How warm does Minnedosa get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.1°C in August, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Minnedosa get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −21.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Minnedosa get?
The yearly total is about 489 mm. June gets 98 mm, the most of any month; February gets 14 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
In a normal winter there are about 138 days with at least 1 cm of snow lying.
Are these figures for Minnedosa itself?
Not directly: Minnedosa has no ECCC normals of its own, and Brandon stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Minnedosa →
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).