Nights turn raw in Sandy Bay 5 each January, colder than in 86% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.4°C. Expect the most rain and snow in June and the least in February. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 76% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 184 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Portage Southport, 76 km south: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Sandy Bay 5 itself.
A year in Sandy Bay 5 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sandy Bay 5’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Sandy Bay 5 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 184 frosts and 105 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 42 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 493 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 82 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Sandy Bay 5
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. A house here needs more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sandy Bay 5’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 19 May and the first autumn frost around 28 September: about 130 frost-free days between.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 77 days a year here.
About 38 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Sandy Bay 5’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Portage Southport
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Portage Southport are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 76 km south |
| Station altitude | 270 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 13.7 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Hodgson, 112 km |
How Sandy Bay 5 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
Places around Sandy Bay 5 whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 46–48 km from Sandy Bay 5.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Bay 5 Portage Southport | 25.4°C | −19.1°C | 493 mm |
| Glenella-Lansdowne 46 km · Brandon | 24.9°C 0.5°C cooler | −21.9°C 2.8°C colder | 489 mm |
| Coldwell 47 km · Hodgson | 25.2°C about the same | −24.3°C 5.2°C colder | 602 mm |
| Alonsa 48 km · Dauphin | 25.1°C about the same | −20.9°C 1.8°C colder | 462 mm |
Sandy Bay 5 weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.0°C | −19.1°C | −14.6°C | 18 mm |
| February | −7.7°C | −17.4°C | −12.6°C | 17 mm |
| March | −0.6°C | −10.2°C | −5.5°C | 30 mm |
| April | 9.7°C | −1.9°C | 4.0°C | 37 mm |
| May | 17.4°C | 5.1°C | 11.3°C | 65 mm |
| June | 22.5°C | 11.4°C | 16.9°C | 80 mm |
| July | 25.4°C | 14.2°C | 19.8°C | 62 mm |
| August | 24.8°C | 12.6°C | 18.7°C | 51 mm |
| September | 19.3°C | 7.7°C | 13.5°C | 48 mm |
| October | 10.6°C | 0.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 mm |
| November | 0.3°C | −8.1°C | −3.9°C | 25 mm |
| December | −7.3°C | −15.7°C | −11.5°C | 20 mm |
| Year | 8.7°C | −1.7°C | 3.5°C | 493 mm |
From year to year, December moves by 4.1°C, more than any month, and July least
March has the widest record range, −34.0°C in 2003 to 24.6°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Sandy Bay 5’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Portage Southport, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: snow, with no complete snowfall normals within 100 km, sunshine, which ECCC published for no location, and any height adjustment.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sandy Bay 5’s climate
How warm does Sandy Bay 5 get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.4°C on a typical day.
How cold does Sandy Bay 5 get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −19.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Sandy Bay 5 get?
Rain and snow add up to about 493 mm of water a year; June brings the most (80 mm), February the least (17 mm).
Are these figures for Sandy Bay 5 itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Portage Southport, a long way from Sandy Bay 5.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sandy Bay 5 →
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).