Wasagamack has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 23.1°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 88% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 206 days a year at 0°C or below.
Wasagamack has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Island Lake, 19 km east.
A year in Wasagamack at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wasagamack’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Wasagamack feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
206 frost days and 70 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 81 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 567 mm a year
8th wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. Some 94 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
177 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 31 cm in November, the snowiest month. 6th snowiest of 188 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 Wasagamack
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. Homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Wasagamack’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 127 frost-free days, roughly 24 May to 29 September.
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 109 days a year here.
Roughly 13 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Wasagamack’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Island Lake
ECCC builds the Island Lake normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 19 km east |
| Station altitude | 235 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.3°C |
| Average wind | 11.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Norway House, 191 km |
How Wasagamack 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
Places around Wasagamack whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest place to Wasagamack with figures is 148 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasagamack Island Lake | 23.1°C | −26.3°C | 567 mm |
| Division No. 22, Unorganized 148 km · Norway House | 23.5°C about the same | −25.5°C 0.8°C milder | 495 mm |
Wasagamack 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 | −16.4°C | −26.3°C | −21.4°C | 22 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −12.4°C | −25.0°C | −18.7°C | 20 mm | 23 cm |
| March | −3.8°C | −17.2°C | −10.5°C | 24 mm | 23 cm |
| April | 5.6°C | −7.1°C | −0.7°C | 24 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 13.1°C | 1.3°C | 7.2°C | 48 mm | 10 cm |
| June | 20.1°C | 9.1°C | 14.6°C | 71 mm | 1 cm |
| July | 23.1°C | 13.2°C | 18.2°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.5°C | 12.2°C | 16.9°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 14.8°C | 6.5°C | 10.7°C | 62 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 5.8°C | −0.1°C | 2.8°C | 58 mm | 20 cm |
| November | −4.4°C | −10.9°C | −7.7°C | 31 mm | 31 cm |
| December | −13.2°C | −21.8°C | −17.5°C | 26 mm | 29 cm |
| Year | 4.5°C | −5.5°C | −0.5°C | 567 mm | 177 cm |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 4.1°C; the steadiest, August
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −41.6°C in 1995 to 19.3°C in 2012.
Where Wasagamack’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Island Lake: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Wasagamack’s climate
How warm does Wasagamack get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 23.1°C.
How cold does Wasagamack get in winter?
Lows sink to −26.3°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Wasagamack get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 567 mm a year; July leads with 99 mm and February trails with 20 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 176 days a year.
Are these figures for Wasagamack itself?
They are borrowed from Island Lake, the nearest place to Wasagamack where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wasagamack →
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).