Photo: Mennowiki · CC BY-SA 4.0Mitchell has colder winter nights than 95% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.8°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 72% of Canadian towns. Expect the most rain and snow in July and the least in February. Plan time outside from June to August, when highs sit at 23–26°C.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Mitchell come from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 56 km north-west, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Mitchell at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Mitchell’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Mitchell feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 193 frosts and 110 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 52 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
Rain and melted snow: about 519 mm a year
About 80 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 126 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 27 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Mitchell
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Homes here need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Mitchell’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
From about 23 May to 22 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 122 days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Count on some 86 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 37 days a year.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Mitchell’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport)
Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 56 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 239 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 17.5 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Emerson, 61 km |
How Mitchell 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
Places around Mitchell whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Steinbach 7.7 km · Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C about the same | −21.2°C about the same | 519 mm |
| St-Pierre-Jolys 16 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
Mitchell 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 | −21.2°C | −16.3°C | 18 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −8.8°C | −19.3°C | −14.1°C | 13 mm | 12 cm |
| March | −0.9°C | −11.2°C | −6.1°C | 26 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −2.5°C | 3.8°C | 33 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 4.2°C | 11.1°C | 70 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 23.3°C | 10.9°C | 17.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.8°C | 13.2°C | 19.5°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 11.9°C | 18.7°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 6.9°C | 13.3°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.4°C | −0.2°C | 5.1°C | 38 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 0.1°C | −8.8°C | −4.4°C | 25 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −8.2°C | −17.3°C | −12.7°C | 19 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 8.6°C | −2.8°C | 2.9°C | 519 mm | 126 cm |
In March, anything from −37.4°C to 23.7°C
December is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.1°C of the normal, −12.7°C. July is the steadiest, within 1.4°C.
Where Mitchell’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Winnipeg Richardson (Airport): 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 Mitchell’s climate
How warm does Mitchell get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 25.8°C.
How cold does Mitchell get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Mitchell get?
About 519 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (77 mm) and February the driest (13 mm).
Are these figures for Mitchell itself?
Not really: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), the closest location with normals, lies well away from Mitchell.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Mitchell →
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).