Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainFew Canadian towns have colder winter nights than Neepawa
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 24.9°C on average. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 76% of Canadian towns. Precipitation follows the seasons: June brings about 7.0 times as much as February. Windshields need scraping on about 205 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
ECCC publishes no normals for Neepawa itself; the figures are those of Brandon, 49 km south-west.
A year in Neepawa at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Neepawa’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Neepawa 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
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
Rain and melted snow: about 489 mm 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
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 29 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Neepawa
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Neepawa’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 18 May until frost returns near 18 September: about 122 days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →About 87 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 31 a year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Neepawa’s risks.
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 | 49 km south-west |
| 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, 80 km |
How Neepawa 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
Places around Neepawa whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 37–66 km from Neepawa.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neepawa Brandon | 24.9°C | −21.9°C | 489 mm |
| WestLake-Gladstone 37 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C 0.5°C warmer | −19.1°C 2.8°C milder | 493 mm |
| Carberry 41 km · Cypress River | 25.9°C 1.0°C warmer | −20.1°C 1.8°C milder | 517 mm |
| Harrison Park 59 km · Dauphin | 25.1°C about the same | −20.9°C 1.0°C milder | 462 mm |
Neepawa 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 |
A March here can run from −38.4°C to 22.6°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.2°C of the normal, −14.1°C. July is the steadiest, within 1.3°C.
Where Neepawa’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Brandon, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Neepawa’s climate
How warm does Neepawa get in summer?
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 25.1°C.
How cold does Neepawa get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −21.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Neepawa get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 489 mm; the range runs from 14 mm in February to 98 mm in June.
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 Neepawa itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Brandon; Neepawa has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Neepawa →
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).