Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Obushkudayang
Sunny July days climb to about 25.2°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 68% of Canadian towns. Some 50°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. The furnace earns its keep from October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Obushkudayang come from Hodgson, 97 km south-east, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Obushkudayang at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Obushkudayang’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Obushkudayang feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 217 days, 20°C on 98
Frost comes from September to June; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 65 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 602 mm a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. 3rd wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. Some 89 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 182 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 39 cm. The snowiest of 188 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Obushkudayang
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. Homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Obushkudayang’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 3 June to about 13 September, some 101 days in a normal year.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Obushkudayang’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Hodgson
ECCC builds the Hodgson normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 97 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 232 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −45.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Berens River, 121 km |
How Obushkudayang 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Obushkudayang’s would only repeat its figures. Obushkudayang has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 33 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obushkudayang Hodgson | 25.2°C | −24.3°C | 602 mm |
| Division No. 19, Unorganized 33 km · Dauphin | 25.1°C about the same | −20.9°C 3.4°C milder | 462 mm |
Obushkudayang 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 | −12.2°C | −24.3°C | −18.5°C | 35 mm | 35 cm |
| February | −9.1°C | −22.1°C | −15.3°C | 22 mm | 21 cm |
| March | −1.1°C | −14.6°C | −7.9°C | 35 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 8.9°C | −4.8°C | 2.1°C | 32 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 16.8°C | 2.6°C | 9.8°C | 67 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 8.8°C | 15.6°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.2°C | 11.4°C | 18.3°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.4°C | 9.7°C | 17.0°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.3°C | 4.7°C | 11.5°C | 56 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.2°C | −1.9°C | 3.6°C | 49 mm | 10 cm |
| November | −1.0°C | −10.3°C | −5.7°C | 37 mm | 32 cm |
| December | −9.4°C | −19.8°C | −14.7°C | 39 mm | 39 cm |
| Year | 7.7°C | −5.0°C | 1.3°C | 602 mm | 182 cm |
In March, anything from −40.0°C to 25.0°C
Two years in three, December’s average falls within 4.3°C of its normal of −14.7°C; June keeps to within 1.5°C.
Where Obushkudayang’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Hodgson: 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 (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 Obushkudayang’s climate
How warm does Obushkudayang get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.2°C.
How cold does Obushkudayang get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −24.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Obushkudayang get?
Count on roughly 602 mm a year, heaviest in June (85 mm) and lightest in February (22 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 143 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Obushkudayang itself?
They are the figures for Hodgson, which read better as the region’s climate than Obushkudayang’s own.
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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).