Fort Garry South climate — normals and trends
Fort Garry South (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.1 °C and it receives 565 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (20.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-16.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Fort Garry South averages 181 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 93 rainy days per year.
Fort Garry South has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.9 °C (on 17 June 1995) and the coldest -44.0 °C (on 20 January 1943).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Fort Garry SouthManitoba
- coords
- 49.79°, -97.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.1°C
Average daily high
8.1°C
Average daily low
-1.9°C
Annual rainfall
565mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
22.1km/h
Seasonal range
37.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
181 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
93 d/yr
Annual snowfall
79.9 cm
Average feels-like high
4.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.0 °C
Average peak gust
38.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.11 · p = 0.002
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.9 °C
17 June 1995
Coldest day
-44.0 °C
20 January 1943
Wettest day
88 mm
27 July 2001
Windiest day
66.3 km/h
8 November 1986
Strongest gust
100.4 km/h
7 June 1954
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
4 August 1947
Coldest feels-like
-49.4 °C
24 January 1966
Snowiest day
25.1 cm
8 November 1986
Sunniest day
15.6 h
14 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -10.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 14 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | -9.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 8 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 1.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 17 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 10.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 28 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 22.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 40 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 55 mm | -37 mm |
| Jul | 24.9 °C | -0.6 °C | 75 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 57 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 89 mm | +27 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 120 mm | +76 mm |
| Nov | 3.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 7 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | -10.2 °C | -1.3 °C | 41 mm | +20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Fort Garry South?
Fort Garry South has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.1 °C and it receives 565 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fort Garry South?
The hottest day measured in Fort Garry South between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1995, reaching 39.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Fort Garry South?
The coldest day measured in Fort Garry South between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1943, at -44.0 °C.
Does it snow in Fort Garry South?
Yes. Fort Garry South gets on average 79.9 cm of snow per year and has around 181 frost days.
Has the climate of Fort Garry South warmed?
Yes: Fort Garry South warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Fort Garry South?
The wettest day measured in Fort Garry South between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 2001, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Fort Garry South?
The windiest day measured in Fort Garry South between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 1986, with winds reaching 66.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Fort Garry South?
The warmest month in Fort Garry South is July (20.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-16.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Fort Garry South?
Fort Garry South receives on average 565 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Fort Garry South?
Fort Garry South gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fort Garry South?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fort Garry South between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 1986, with 25.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Fort Garry South?
Yes: Fort Garry South has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fort Garry South?
In Fort Garry South, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 4 August 1947, and the lowest was -49.4 °C on 24 January 1966.
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