Midwinter lows in WestLake-Gladstone sink below those of 86% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.4°C. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 76% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in February. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
WestLake-Gladstone has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Portage Southport, 60 km south-east, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in WestLake-Gladstone at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about WestLake-Gladstone’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in WestLake-Gladstone feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 184 days, 20°C on 105
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 42 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 493 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 82 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 137 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 34 cm in December, the snowiest month. 9th snowiest of 187 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Cypress River, 75 km away (Portage Southport records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in WestLake-Gladstone
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with WestLake-Gladstone’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Frost usually lets go around 19 May and returns near 28 September, about 130 days apart.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →About 77 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Plan shade and water for about 38 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for WestLake-Gladstone: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Portage Southport
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Portage Southport are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 60 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 270 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Cypress River, 75 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 13.7 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Cypress River, 75 km |
How WestLake-Gladstone 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on WestLake-Gladstone’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to WestLake-Gladstone with figures are 29–49 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| WestLake-Gladstone Portage Southport | 25.4°C | −19.1°C | 493 mm |
| Glenella-Lansdowne 29 km · Brandon | 24.9°C 0.5°C cooler | −21.9°C 2.8°C colder | 489 mm |
| Carberry 49 km · Cypress River | 25.9°C 0.5°C warmer | −20.1°C 1.0°C colder | 517 mm |
WestLake-Gladstone 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 | −10.0°C | −19.1°C | −14.6°C | 18 mm | 23 cm |
| February | −7.7°C | −17.4°C | −12.6°C | 17 mm | 18 cm |
| March | −0.6°C | −10.2°C | −5.5°C | 30 mm | 16 cm |
| April | 9.7°C | −1.9°C | 4.0°C | 37 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 5.1°C | 11.3°C | 65 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 11.4°C | 16.9°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.4°C | 14.2°C | 19.8°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.8°C | 12.6°C | 18.7°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.3°C | 7.7°C | 13.5°C | 48 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.6°C | 0.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 0.3°C | −8.1°C | −3.9°C | 25 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −7.3°C | −15.7°C | −11.5°C | 20 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 8.7°C | −1.7°C | 3.5°C | 493 mm | 137 cm |
From −34.0°C to 24.6°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is December: one year in three its average strays more than 4.1°C from −11.5°C. July moves least, typically by 1.3°C.
Where WestLake-Gladstone’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Portage Southport (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 WestLake-Gladstone’s climate
How warm does WestLake-Gladstone get in summer?
Highs reach 25.4°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does WestLake-Gladstone get in winter?
Expect nights around −19.1°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does WestLake-Gladstone get?
The year adds up to 493 mm. June is the peak month (80 mm) and February the low one (17 mm).
Are these figures for WestLake-Gladstone itself?
Not really: Portage Southport, the closest location with normals, lies well away from WestLake-Gladstone.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for WestLake-Gladstone →
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).