Elm Creek is a small community, about 50 km west of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and about 35 km southeast of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Grey. It is home to the second largest fire hydrant in the world which was unveiled on Canada Day, 2001. It is also the home of the second largest H4 chondrite (a class of stony meteorite) ever found in Canada. The 8.2-kg mass was found by a local grader driver on a rural road in 1997.
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Climate data for Elm Creek | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) |
10 (50) |
17.2 (63.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
39.5 (103.1) |
38 (100) |
36.5 (97.7) |
39.5 (103.1) |
39 (102) |
32 (90) |
25 (77) |
8 (46) |
39.5 (103.1) |
Average high °C (°F) | −11.5 (11.3) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−1 (30) |
10.4 (50.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25 (77) |
18.4 (65.1) |
11 (52) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −16.5 (2.3) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
4.2 (39.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
12.3 (54.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−5 (23) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
2.8 (37.0) |
Average low °C (°F) | −21.4 (−6.5) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−2 (28) |
5.2 (41.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.8 (55.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.1 (43.0) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −39.5 (−39.1) |
−38.9 (−38.0) |
−35.6 (−32.1) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
−10 (14) |
−2 (28) |
3 (37) |
0 (32) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−21 (−6) |
−35.5 (−31.9) |
−37.5 (−35.5) |
−39.5 (−39.1) |
Precipitation mm (inches) | 25.2 (0.992) |
20.8 (0.819) |
31.4 (1.236) |
33.4 (1.315) |
53.4 (2.102) |
81 (3.19) |
71.1 (2.799) |
70 (2.76) |
57.7 (2.272) |
38.4 (1.512) |
29.8 (1.173) |
30 (1.18) |
542.3 (21.35) |
Source: Environment Canada[1] |
Portage la Prairie | Oakville | Winnipeg | ||
St. Claude | Sanford | |||
Elm Creek | ||||
Miami | Carman | Sperling |
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