Dacotah, Manitoba Weather
Dacotah, Manitoba — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, ECCC alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast, soil and crop conditions for Dacotah in 35-10-2-W.
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About Dacotah, Manitoba
Dacotah is a community in 35-10-2-W, Manitoba, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Dacotah is located at 49.8753°N, 97.6386°W. It observes Central Time (UTC−6 / −5). Postal code area: R4K.
Dacotah sits low upon the vast, flat expanse of the Manitoba plains, where the horizon pulls the sky down to meet the earth in a wide, unblinking gaze. It lies 35.3 km west of Winnipeg, MB (from Winnipeg, MB: bearing 269°T), and is situated 9.1 km east-south-east of Elie. The land here is defined by the heavy, dark fertility of the soil, a canvas for the seasonal turning of grain and the stubborn persistence of prairie grasses. During the long, bruised-purple hours of dusk, the light stretches thin and golden over the fields, turning the stillness of the air into something almost heavy enough to hold. While the Assiniboine River winds its way through the landscape about 7 km away, the terrain remains dominated by the quiet intensity of open space, occasionally broken by the hidden depths of Maxwell Oxbow, which lies about 8 km from the heart of Dacotah. Further out, the sheltered greens of Beaudry Provincial Park, situated 12 km away, offer a rare density of trees that stands in stark contrast to the surrounding openness. The history of Dacotah is tied to the iron lines of the railway, which once served as the primary pulse for moving the bounty of the harvest to distant markets. Today, the economy remains rooted in the industry of the land, with local operations focused on the cultivation of crops that thrive in this particular climate of extremes. Life here moves according to the demands of the seasons, characterized by a pragmatic focus on the tasks at hand and an understanding of the weather’s sudden, sharp shifts. People in Dacotah carry a quiet resilience, shaped by a geography that offers little in the way of cover from the wind, yet provides a profound sense of clarity under the immense, unobstructed vault of the sky.
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NOAA GOES-19 GEOCOLOR — Canada / Northern U.S. sector. Auto-refreshes every 10 minutes on page reload. Frames the whole country from Newfoundland to the BC coast, plus adjacent Pacific and Atlantic storm approaches.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 · Public domain · Sector code can (Canada / Northern U.S.) · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Dacotah, 35-10-2-W, Manitoba |
| Coordinates | 49.875278°N, 97.638611°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (UTC−6 / −5) |
| Postal FSA | R4K |
| Area Code | 204, 431 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Dacotah, Manitoba Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dacotah, Manitoba, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Dacotah includes coordinates 49.875278°N, 97.638611°W, situated in 35-10-2-W. Postal FSA: R4K. Telephone area code: 204, 431. Timezone: Central Time (UTC−6 / −5).
Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.