Photo: VirdenPioneers · CC BY-SA 4.0Virden gets more frosts than 89% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.4°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 75% of Canadian towns. Seasons differ by 45°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Plan time outside from June to August, when highs sit at 22–25°C.
No ECCC station in Virden has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Elkhorn, 21 km north-west, instead.
A year in Virden at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Virden’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Virden feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on about 196 days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. 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
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 83 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
142 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 26 cm. 7th snowiest of 187 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Living with Virden’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Virden’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Elkhorn
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Elkhorn.
| Distance from the town | 21 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, 64 km |
How Virden compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Virden whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 30–55 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Virden.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virden Elkhorn | 25.4°C | −19.6°C | 517 mm |
| Sioux Valley Dakota Nation 30 km · Brandon | 24.9°C 0.5°C cooler | −21.9°C 2.3°C colder | 489 mm |
| Pipestone 34 km · Melita | 25.6°C about the same | −19.9°C about the same | 422 mm |
Virden weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| 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 |
From −41.0°C to 18.0°C: February’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, December varies most (a standard deviation of 4.3°C around −11.8°C) and July least (1.2°C).
Where Virden’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Elkhorn: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Virden’s climate
How warm does Virden get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.4°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Virden get in winter?
Lows sink to −19.6°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Virden get?
Around 517 mm a year in all, from 101 mm in June down to 18 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 139 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Virden itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Elkhorn, outside Virden.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Virden →
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).