Nights turn raw in Mandalay West each January, colder than in 95% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.8°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 47°C apart. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 72% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 80 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (5.0 km south-west).
A year in Mandalay West at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Mandalay West’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Mandalay West feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 193 frosts and 110 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 52 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 519 mm a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 126 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 27 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Mandalay West
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. A house here needs more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Mandalay West’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plant out after about 23 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 22 September, leaving roughly 122 days without frost.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 86 days a year.
Expect around 37 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Mandalay West’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport)
ECCC builds the Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) normals from 4 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 5.0 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 239 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 17.5 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Gimli, 76 km |
How Mandalay West 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 Mandalay West’s would only repeat its figures. Mandalay West has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 41–49 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandalay West Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Brokenhead 41 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| Cartier 42 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
| Teulon 48 km · Gimli | 25.3°C 0.5°C cooler | −22.7°C 1.5°C colder | 517 mm |
Mandalay West 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 | −11.4°C | −21.2°C | −16.3°C | 18 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −8.8°C | −19.3°C | −14.1°C | 13 mm | 12 cm |
| March | −0.9°C | −11.2°C | −6.1°C | 26 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −2.5°C | 3.8°C | 33 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 4.2°C | 11.1°C | 70 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 23.3°C | 10.9°C | 17.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.8°C | 13.2°C | 19.5°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 11.9°C | 18.7°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 6.9°C | 13.3°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.4°C | −0.2°C | 5.1°C | 38 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 0.1°C | −8.8°C | −4.4°C | 25 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −8.2°C | −17.3°C | −12.7°C | 19 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 8.6°C | −2.8°C | 2.9°C | 519 mm | 126 cm |
December varies most from one year to the next (4.1°C), July least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −37.4°C in 2003 to 23.7°C in 2012.
Where Mandalay West’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Mandalay West’s climate
How warm does Mandalay West get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 25.8°C.
How cold does Mandalay West get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −21.2°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Mandalay West get?
July is the wettest month at 77 mm and February the driest at 13 mm, for 519 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Mandalay West itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Mandalay West.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Mandalay West →
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).