Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Piney
Sunny July days climb to about 25.1°C. Temperatures cover 47°C across the year, low to high. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 68% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Every figure here comes from Indian Bay, 83 km north-east; ECCC has no normals closer to Piney, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Piney at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Piney’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Piney feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
198 frost days and 98 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 53 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
About 643 mm of rain and snow a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 3rd wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. Some 99 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 121 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 29 cm in December, the snowiest month. 184th 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 Piney
91% 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. Homes here need more heating than 92% of Canadian towns.
Living with Piney’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 24 May and the first autumn frost around 19 September: about 117 frost-free days between.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Piney’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Indian Bay
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Indian Bay.
| Distance from the town | 83 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 327 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Emerson, 88 km |
How Piney 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Piney’s own would show the same figures). Piney has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 45–76 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Indian Bay | 25.1°C | −22.1°C | 643 mm |
| Stuartburn 45 km · Emerson | 26.0°C 0.9°C warmer | −20.4°C 1.7°C milder | 543 mm |
| Reynolds 69 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C about the same | −21.7°C about the same | 571 mm |
| Steinbach 71 km · Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C 0.7°C warmer | −21.2°C 0.9°C milder | 519 mm |
Piney 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 | −10.1°C | −22.1°C | −16.1°C | 26 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −6.6°C | −20.4°C | −13.5°C | 17 mm | 16 cm |
| March | 0.9°C | −12.1°C | −5.6°C | 22 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 9.2°C | −3.6°C | 2.8°C | 31 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 4.3°C | 10.6°C | 78 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 10.7°C | 16.6°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 13.0°C | 19.1°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.0°C | 11.6°C | 17.8°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.5°C | 6.8°C | 12.7°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.8°C | 0.2°C | 5.0°C | 62 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 0.3°C | −8.1°C | −3.9°C | 36 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −7.4°C | −17.3°C | −12.4°C | 30 mm | 29 cm |
| Year | 8.6°C | −3.1°C | 2.8°C | 643 mm | 121 cm |
December strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.0°C; June the least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in February: a low of −46.0°C in 1996 and a high of 15.5°C in 2017.
Where Piney’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Indian Bay, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Piney’s climate
How warm does Piney get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.1°C.
How cold does Piney get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −22.1°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Piney get?
June is the wettest month at 101 mm and February the driest at 17 mm, for 643 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 135 days a year.
Are these figures for Piney itself?
Not really: Indian Bay, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Piney.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Piney →
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).