Photo: Gretnaite · CC BY-SA 4.0Rhineland has colder winter nights than 85% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.6°C. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 69% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 44°C apart. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Rhineland has no normals station, so these come from Morden, 28 km west.
A year in Rhineland at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Rhineland’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Rhineland 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
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 39 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 528 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 74 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 126 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 27 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
ECCC’s Morden normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 99 km away.
Heating a home in Rhineland
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Rhineland’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Between the last frost, near 15 May, and the first, near 28 September, lie about 135 frost-free days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Roughly 69 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
On some 37 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Rhineland’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Morden
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Morden are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 28 km west |
| Station altitude | 298 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 99 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 | Emerson, 40 km |
How Rhineland 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 Rhineland’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 12 km from Rhineland, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhineland Morden | 25.6°C | −18.5°C | 528 mm |
| Altona 12 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 1.9°C colder | 543 mm |
Rhineland 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 | 25 cm |
| February | −7.2°C | −16.4°C | −11.8°C | 16 mm | 12 cm |
| March | 0.0°C | −9.0°C | −4.5°C | 20 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −1.4°C | 4.3°C | 30 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 5.5°C | 11.8°C | 76 mm | 4 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 | 0 cm |
| October | 10.9°C | 1.1°C | 6.0°C | 39 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 0.7°C | −7.5°C | −3.4°C | 27 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −6.7°C | −14.9°C | −10.8°C | 22 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | −1.2°C | 4.0°C | 528 mm | 126 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −32.8°C to 23.1°C
Two years in three, December’s average falls within 4.2°C of its normal of −10.8°C; August keeps to within 1.4°C.
Where Rhineland’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Morden, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Rhineland’s climate
How warm does Rhineland get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.6°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Rhineland get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −18.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Rhineland get?
Precipitation totals 528 mm a year, with June the wettest month (89 mm) and February the driest (16 mm).
Are these figures for Rhineland itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Morden; Rhineland has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Rhineland →
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).