Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIce on the ground: Prairie View sees more frosts than 89% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.4°C. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 75% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 45°C. The outdoor season runs from June to August, with highs of 22–25°C.
Prairie View has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Elkhorn, 56 km south, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Prairie View at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Prairie View’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Prairie View feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
196 frost days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 44 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
About 517 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in June, the least in February. Some 83 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
142 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 26 cm in December, the snowiest month. 7th snowiest of 188 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Living with Prairie View’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Prairie View’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Elkhorn
Elkhorn is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 56 km south |
| Station altitude | 498 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Roblin, 87 km |
How Prairie View 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 Prairie View’s own would show the same figures). Prairie View has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 28 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Elkhorn | 25.4°C | −19.6°C | 517 mm |
| Waywayseecappo First Nation 28 km · Roblin | 23.7°C 1.7°C cooler | −22.3°C 2.7°C colder | 448 mm |
Prairie View weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.9°C | −19.6°C | −14.7°C | 26 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −7.0°C | −17.1°C | −12.1°C | 18 mm | 17 cm |
| March | −0.5°C | −10.5°C | −5.5°C | 32 mm | 25 cm |
| April | 9.9°C | −2.5°C | 3.7°C | 28 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 17.9°C | 4.3°C | 11.1°C | 69 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 10.0°C | 16.2°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.4°C | 12.4°C | 19.2°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 10.9°C | 18.1°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 6.0°C | 12.8°C | 36 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 10.2°C | −0.9°C | 4.7°C | 28 mm | 8 cm |
| November | −0.1°C | −9.0°C | −4.4°C | 26 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −7.4°C | −16.3°C | −11.8°C | 27 mm | 26 cm |
| Year | 8.8°C | −2.7°C | 3.1°C | 517 mm | 142 cm |
December strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.3°C; July the least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; February’s run from −41.0°C in 1996 to 18.0°C in 2008.
Where Prairie View’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Elkhorn, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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 Prairie View’s climate
How warm does Prairie View get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.4°C.
How cold does Prairie View get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −19.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Prairie View get?
Some 517 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (101 mm), the least in February (18 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 139 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Prairie View itself?
Not really: Elkhorn, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Prairie View.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Prairie View →
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).