Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0January in Pembina bites harder than in 85% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.6°C. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and February the least. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 69% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 74 days a year with 1 mm or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Pembina itself; the figures are those of Morden, 34 km east.
A year in Pembina at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Pembina’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Pembina feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 182 frosts and 111 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. On about 39 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
Rain and melted snow: about 528 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 137 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 34 cm). 9th snowiest of 187 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Morden publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Cypress River, 52 km away.
Heating a home in Pembina
92% 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 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Pembina’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 15 May and the first autumn frost around 28 September: about 135 frost-free days between.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 69 days with a wind chill below −20.
Roughly 37 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Pembina’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Morden
ECCC builds the Morden normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 34 km east |
| Station altitude | 298 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Cypress River, 52 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.1°C |
| Average wind | 12.7 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Cypress River, 52 km |
How Pembina 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 Pembina whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest place to Pembina with figures is 22 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pembina Morden | 25.6°C | −18.5°C | 528 mm |
| Lorne 22 km · Cypress River | 25.9°C about the same | −20.1°C 1.6°C colder | 517 mm |
Pembina weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.5°C | −18.5°C | −14.0°C | 17 mm | 23 cm |
| February | −7.2°C | −16.4°C | −11.8°C | 16 mm | 18 cm |
| March | 0.0°C | −9.0°C | −4.5°C | 20 mm | 16 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −1.4°C | 4.3°C | 30 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 5.5°C | 11.8°C | 76 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 23.2°C | 11.9°C | 17.6°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 14.3°C | 20.0°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 13.0°C | 19.2°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 8.0°C | 14.1°C | 54 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.9°C | 1.1°C | 6.0°C | 39 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 0.7°C | −7.5°C | −3.4°C | 27 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −6.7°C | −14.9°C | −10.8°C | 22 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | −1.2°C | 4.0°C | 528 mm | 137 cm |
From year to year, December moves by 4.2°C, more than any month, and August least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −32.8°C in 2003 and a high of 23.1°C in 2012.
Where Pembina’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Morden, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- 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: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Pembina’s climate
How warm does Pembina get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 25.6°C.
How cold does Pembina get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −18.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Pembina get?
About 528 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (89 mm) and February the driest (16 mm).
Are these figures for Pembina itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Morden, not in Pembina; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Pembina →
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).