Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWest Interlake has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.2°C. The year is lopsided: June gets about 3.9 times what February does. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 68% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to May, the months averaging under 10°C.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for West Interlake come from Hodgson, 73 km east, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in West Interlake at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about West Interlake’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in West Interlake feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 217 frosts and 98 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to June; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 65 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 602 mm of rain and snow a year
3rd wettest of 190 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba. Some 89 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
182 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 39 cm. The 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 West Interlake
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with West Interlake’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 3 June and returns near 13 September, about 101 days apart.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to West Interlake’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Hodgson
Hodgson is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 73 km east |
| Station altitude | 232 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −45.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Dauphin, 110 km |
How West Interlake 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share West Interlake’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to West Interlake with figures are 37–73 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Interlake Hodgson | 25.2°C | −24.3°C | 602 mm |
| Ebb and Flow 52 37 km · Dauphin | 25.1°C about the same | −20.9°C 3.4°C milder | 462 mm |
| Sandy Bay 5 55 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 5.2°C milder | 493 mm |
West Interlake weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −12.2°C | −24.3°C | −18.5°C | 35 mm | 35 cm |
| February | −9.1°C | −22.1°C | −15.3°C | 22 mm | 21 cm |
| March | −1.1°C | −14.6°C | −7.9°C | 35 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 8.9°C | −4.8°C | 2.1°C | 32 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 16.8°C | 2.6°C | 9.8°C | 67 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 8.8°C | 15.6°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.2°C | 11.4°C | 18.3°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.4°C | 9.7°C | 17.0°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.3°C | 4.7°C | 11.5°C | 56 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.2°C | −1.9°C | 3.6°C | 49 mm | 10 cm |
| November | −1.0°C | −10.3°C | −5.7°C | 37 mm | 32 cm |
| December | −9.4°C | −19.8°C | −14.7°C | 39 mm | 39 cm |
| Year | 7.7°C | −5.0°C | 1.3°C | 602 mm | 182 cm |
Two years in three, December’s average lands within 4.3°C of normal, against the steadier June
March has the widest record range, −40.0°C in 2003 to 25.0°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where West Interlake’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Hodgson (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 West Interlake’s climate
How warm does West Interlake get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 25.2°C.
How cold does West Interlake get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −24.3°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does West Interlake get?
Measured as water, a year brings 602 mm: 85 mm in June, the wettest month, and 22 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 143 days a year.
Are these figures for West Interlake itself?
They are the figures for Hodgson, which read better as the region’s climate than West Interlake’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for West Interlake →
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).