Geography
Steinbach is located on the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies, and is also located directly east of the Red River Valley. Because of this the topography around Steinbach is extremely flat and the soil very fertile. Due to higher levels of precipitation received then the areas of the western Manitoba, the natural prairie of Steinbach is defined as tallgrass prairie. Some of this original prairie can still be viewed at the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve south of the city near Vita. The areas to the west and north of Steinbach would be closely defined as flat tallgrass prairie, and part of the Lake Manitoba Plain. While the areas south and west of the city progress steadily into treed Aspen segments, and eventually growing into Sandilands Provincial Forest and the large boreal forest region extending east and north of the city.
Steinbach is close to many Canadian Shield lakes, such as those located in Whiteshell Provincial Park and the Lake of the Woods in Kenora. Lake Winnipeg (the Earth's 11th largest freshwater lake) is located north of the city. Although no rivers flow through Steinbach, the city is sandwiched by the Seine River to the north and the Rat River to the south. Both of which are tributaries of the Red River which flows into Lake Winnipeg.
| Climate data for Steinbach | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
12.8 (55.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
33.5 (92.3) |
36 (97) |
36 (97) |
35.6 (96.1) |
37.5 (99.5) |
35.5 (95.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
37.5 (99.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −12 (10) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24.7 (76.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −22.7 (−8.9) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
4.7 (40.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−19 (−2) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −42.2 (−44.0) |
−43.5 (−46.3) |
−37.2 (−35.0) |
−27.5 (−17.5) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
1 (34) |
−2 (28) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−21 (−6) |
−36 (−33) |
−40 (−40) |
−43.5 (−46.3) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 21.8 (0.858) |
14.4 (0.567) |
19.4 (0.764) |
28.7 (1.13) |
58.9 (2.319) |
95.2 (3.748) |
80.3 (3.161) |
68.5 (2.697) |
59.7 (2.35) |
44.6 (1.756) |
26.9 (1.059) |
21.1 (0.831) |
539.4 (21.236) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0) |
1.6 (0.063) |
7 (0.28) |
20.7 (0.815) |
58.5 (2.303) |
95.2 (3.748) |
80.3 (3.161) |
68.5 (2.697) |
59.6 (2.346) |
39.3 (1.547) |
8.3 (0.327) |
1.1 (0.043) |
440.2 (17.331) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 21.8 (8.58) |
12.7 (5) |
12.4 (4.88) |
7.9 (3.11) |
0.4 (0.16) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.1 (0.04) |
5.4 (2.13) |
18.6 (7.32) |
20 (7.9) |
99.2 (39.06) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 8.1 | 5.5 | 6 | 5.9 | 9 | 11.9 | 11 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 99.4 |
| Avg. rainy days | 0 | 0.46 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 8.9 | 11.9 | 11 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 0.21 | 66.87 |
| Avg. snowy days | 8.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 7.4 | 34.81 |
| Source: Environment Canada | |||||||||||||
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