Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMinto-Odanah has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 24.9°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 76% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in June and eases off in February. Windshields need scraping on about 205 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Minto-Odanah is Brandon, 29 km south, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Minto-Odanah at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Minto-Odanah’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Minto-Odanah feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
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. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 53 nights a year.
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
About 73 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 128 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 29 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Minto-Odanah
90% 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. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Minto-Odanah’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
On average the last spring frost comes around 18 May and the first autumn frost around 18 September: about 122 frost-free days between.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 87 days in a normal year.
Expect around 31 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Minto-Odanah’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Brandon
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Brandon are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 29 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, 86 km |
How Minto-Odanah 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.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Minto-Odanah’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 46–63 km from Minto-Odanah.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minto-Odanah Brandon | 24.9°C | −21.9°C | 489 mm |
| Carberry 46 km · Cypress River | 25.9°C 1.0°C warmer | −20.1°C 1.8°C milder | 517 mm |
| Harrison Park 48 km · Dauphin | 25.1°C about the same | −20.9°C 1.0°C milder | 462 mm |
| Hamiota 55 km · Elkhorn | 25.4°C 0.5°C warmer | −19.6°C 2.3°C milder | 517 mm |
| WestLake-Gladstone 62 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C 0.5°C warmer | −19.1°C 2.8°C milder | 493 mm |
Minto-Odanah weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| 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 |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.2°C; July the least
March has the widest record range, −38.4°C in 2003 to 22.6°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Minto-Odanah’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Brandon: the nearest of its locations with every month’s 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: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Minto-Odanah’s climate
How warm does Minto-Odanah get in summer?
Of all twelve months, August has the warmest afternoons, about 25.1°C.
How cold does Minto-Odanah get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −21.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Minto-Odanah get?
Around 489 mm a year in all, from 98 mm in June down to 14 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Expect snow on the ground, at least 1 cm, for about 138 days a year.
Are these figures for Minto-Odanah itself?
They describe Brandon, the nearest normals location, rather than Minto-Odanah itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Minto-Odanah →
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).