Photo: Beems3 · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Manitouwadge
Sunny July days climb to about 23.6°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 48°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 72% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 214 days a year at 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Geraldton, 108 km north-west: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Manitouwadge itself.
A year in Manitouwadge at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Manitouwadge’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Manitouwadge feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 214 frosts and 83 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 71 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
762 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in July, the least in February. 865th wettest of 872 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario. Some 114 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Manitouwadge
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. That means homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Manitouwadge’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
About 106 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 31 May to a first of 16 September.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 90 days in a normal year.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 17 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Manitouwadge: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Geraldton
ECCC builds the Geraldton normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 108 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 348 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −50.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Average wind | 11.4 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Wawa, 150 km |
How Manitouwadge 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 Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Manitouwadge whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest place to Manitouwadge with figures is 76 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manitouwadge Geraldton | 23.6°C | −24.7°C | 762 mm |
| Hornepayne 76 km · Wawa | 20.8°C 2.8°C cooler | −19.6°C 5.1°C milder | 967 mm |
Manitouwadge weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −12.2°C | −24.7°C | −18.5°C | 36 mm |
| February | −8.8°C | −23.4°C | −16.1°C | 26 mm |
| March | −1.3°C | −16.1°C | −8.7°C | 33 mm |
| April | 6.6°C | −6.7°C | 0.0°C | 49 mm |
| May | 15.2°C | 1.6°C | 8.4°C | 78 mm |
| June | 21.4°C | 8.0°C | 14.7°C | 82 mm |
| July | 23.6°C | 11.1°C | 17.4°C | 108 mm |
| August | 22.3°C | 9.9°C | 16.1°C | 76 mm |
| September | 16.5°C | 5.2°C | 10.9°C | 102 mm |
| October | 7.6°C | −0.8°C | 3.4°C | 84 mm |
| November | −1.0°C | −9.3°C | −5.1°C | 53 mm |
| December | −8.3°C | −18.3°C | −13.3°C | 37 mm |
| Year | 6.8°C | −5.3°C | 0.8°C | 762 mm |
A March here can run from −40.0°C to 20.7°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.7°C of the normal, −16.1°C. August is the steadiest, within 1.3°C.
Where Manitouwadge’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Geraldton, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: snowfall (no location within 100 km publishes a full year of it), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and an altitude correction.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Manitouwadge’s climate
How warm does Manitouwadge get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.6°C.
How cold does Manitouwadge get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −24.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Manitouwadge get?
About 762 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (108 mm) and February the driest (26 mm).
Are these figures for Manitouwadge itself?
No: they come from Geraldton, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Manitouwadge.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Manitouwadge →
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).