Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Few Canadian towns have colder winter nights than The Pas
Sunny July days climb to about 23.9°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 77% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 47°C. Homes need heating from October to May, the months averaging under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s The Pas station, 19 km north-east.
A year in The Pas at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about The Pas’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in The Pas feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 205 frosts and 80 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 67 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
Rain and melted snow: about 469 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 185th wettest of 189 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. Some 74 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 149 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 30 cm in December, the snowiest month. 6th snowiest of 187 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 The Pas
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. That means homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with The Pas’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
About 120 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 24 May to a first of 22 September.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 100 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
On some 15 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; The Pas’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: The Pas
The Pas is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 19 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 270 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.6°C |
| Average wind | 13.3 km/h on average, most often from the south-east |
| Next-nearest location | Flin Flon, 100 km |
How The Pas compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on The Pas’s own would show the same figures). The Pas has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 112–138 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pas | 23.9°C | −23.4°C | 469 mm |
| Creighton 112 km · Flin Flon | 23.7°C about the same | −24.1°C 0.7°C colder | 491 mm |
| Chemawawin 2 125 km · Grand Rapids Hydro | 24.1°C about the same | −24.0°C 0.6°C colder | 487 mm |
| Hudson Bay 131 km · Hudson Bay | 24.3°C about the same | −22.4°C 1.0°C milder | 445 mm |
The Pas 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 | −14.2°C | −23.4°C | −18.8°C | 20 mm | 28 cm |
| February | −10.7°C | −21.7°C | −16.2°C | 12 mm | 18 cm |
| March | −2.9°C | −15.1°C | −9.0°C | 16 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 6.6°C | −5.2°C | 0.7°C | 22 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 14.8°C | 2.2°C | 8.5°C | 39 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 20.7°C | 9.3°C | 15.0°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.9°C | 12.8°C | 18.4°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 11.6°C | 17.1°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.2°C | 6.0°C | 11.1°C | 55 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 6.9°C | −0.8°C | 3.1°C | 41 mm | 13 cm |
| November | −3.6°C | −10.8°C | −7.2°C | 23 mm | 25 cm |
| December | −11.3°C | −19.7°C | −15.6°C | 20 mm | 30 cm |
| Year | 5.7°C | −4.6°C | 0.6°C | 469 mm | 149 cm |
The most changeable month: December, give or take 4.2°C; the steadiest, July
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than April, between −30.5°C (2018) and 24.8°C (1998).
Where The Pas’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at The Pas, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about The Pas’s climate
How warm does The Pas get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 23.9°C on a typical day.
How cold does The Pas get in winter?
Lows sink to −23.4°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does The Pas get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 469 mm a year; June leads with 80 mm and February trails with 12 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 163 days a year.
Are these figures for The Pas itself?
Yes. They were measured in The Pas, at ECCC’s own station there.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for The Pas →
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).