Lake Francis, Manitoba Weather
Lake Francis, 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 Lake Francis in 28-15-3-W.
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About Lake Francis, Manitoba
Lake Francis is a community in 28-15-3-W, Manitoba, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Lake Francis is located at 50.3008°N, 97.8061°W. It observes Central Time (UTC−6 / −5). Postal code area: R4L.
Lake Francis rests upon the flat, expansive horizon of the Manitoba plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 50.3 km north-east of Portage la Prairie, MB (from Portage la Prairie, MB: bearing 43°T), and is situated 15.0 km south-west of Harperville. The low-lying terrain surrounding Lake Francis holds the moisture of the seasons, fostering a wild, reedy perimeter that shifts in color from the pale straw of autumn to the vibrant, insistent greens of early spring. Within this quiet expanse, the light at dusk stretches thin and amber across the flat fields, casting long, hushed shadows that seem to anchor the land against the vastness of the heavens. Cramer Lake sits nine kilometers distant, a mirror to the same wide sky, while the presence of St. Ambroise Beach Provincial Park nineteen kilometers away reminds one of the proximity to larger water bodies that define the regional edge. The Assiniboine River flows some twenty-eight kilometers from the heart of this landscape, its presence felt in the subtle drainage of the soil and the way the air carries a faint, damp cooling toward the evening hours. Life in Lake Francis follows the steady, cyclical demands of a landscape shaped by agriculture and the persistent, seasonal turn of the weather. The local economy draws its character from the yield of the surrounding fields, where the work of the day is measured by the clarity of the horizon and the strength of the wind. Generations have engaged with this soil, finding a balance between the challenges of the climate and the steady, quiet rewards of a life lived close to the land. The cultural identity of Lake Francis remains tied to the endurance of those who work the earth, maintaining a stoic appreciation for the seasons and a deep, unspoken familiarity with the way the morning mist clings to the grasses before the sun rises to burn it away.
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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 | Lake Francis, 28-15-3-W, Manitoba |
| Coordinates | 50.300833°N, 97.806111°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (UTC−6 / −5) |
| Postal FSA | R4L |
| Area Code | 204, 431 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Lake Francis, Manitoba Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake Francis, 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 Lake Francis includes coordinates 50.300833°N, 97.806111°W, situated in 28-15-3-W. Postal FSA: R4L. 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.