Fairford, Manitoba Weather
Fairford, 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 Fairford.
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About Fairford, Manitoba
Fairford is a community in Manitoba, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Fairford is located at 51.5856°N, 98.7103°W. It observes Central Time (UTC−6 / −5). Postal code area: R0C.
Fairford rests upon the low, expansive margins where the land meets the vast, shifting waters of Lake Manitoba. It lies 51.5 km north-north-west of Ashern, MB (from Ashern, MB: bearing 331°T), and is situated 1.9 km south-west of Fairford Reserve. The Branching River pulls the light across the landscape, its slow current catching the pale, bruised colors of a prairie dusk as it finds its way toward the lake. Here, the air holds a particular clarity, sharp enough to define the edges of the horizon, while the terrain itself remains flat and open, defined by the quiet persistence of water and wind. Near the site of The White Elephant, the ground carries a sense of long-held stillness, interrupted only by the seasonal migration of shadows across the grass. Fairford maintains a character shaped by the intersection of the river and the wider basin of the lake, drawing its identity from the resources and movements that have sustained people here for generations. While the pace of life follows the cycles of the seasons, the presence of the water dictates the daily pulse of activity, offering a constant, liquid anchor to the surroundings. Though Watchorn Provincial Park sits some distance away, the influence of the wider geography is felt in the way the wind moves across the plains, uninterrupted and raw. In the quiet hours, the atmosphere of Fairford settles into a hum, a reminder of the enduring connection between the people who live here and the stark, open beauty of the Branching River.
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Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 · Public domain · Sector code can (Canada / Northern U.S.) · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Fairford, Manitoba |
| Coordinates | 51.585556°N, 98.710278°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (UTC−6 / −5) |
| Postal FSA | R0C |
| Area Code | 204, 431 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Fairford, Manitoba Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairford, 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 Fairford includes coordinates 51.585556°N, 98.710278°W. Postal FSA: R0C. 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.