Frosty mornings in Sifton outnumber those of 89% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.4°C on average. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 75% of Canadian towns. Expect the most rain and snow in June and the least in February. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 22–25°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Sifton is Elkhorn, 45 km north-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Sifton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sifton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Sifton feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on about 196 days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 44 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
About 517 mm of rain and snow a year
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
About 142 cm of snow a 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 Sifton’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Sifton’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Elkhorn
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Elkhorn, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 45 km north-west |
| 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 | Melita, 48 km |
How Sifton 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Sifton’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 23–42 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sifton.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sifton Elkhorn | 25.4°C | −19.6°C | 517 mm |
| Sioux Valley Dakota Nation 23 km · Brandon | 24.9°C 0.5°C cooler | −21.9°C 2.3°C colder | 489 mm |
| Grassland 26 km · Melita | 25.6°C about the same | −19.9°C about the same | 422 mm |
Sifton weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
February: −41.0°C at its coldest, 18.0°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is December: one year in three its average strays more than 4.3°C from −11.8°C. July moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Sifton’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: 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, 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 Sifton’s climate
How warm does Sifton get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.4°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Sifton get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −19.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Sifton get?
Rain and snow add up to about 517 mm of water a year; June brings the most (101 mm), February the least (18 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 139 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Sifton itself?
Not exactly. Sifton lacks a normals station, so Elkhorn supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sifton →
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).