Ness Country, 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 Ness Country in 28-20-4E.
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Ness Country is a community in 28-20-4E, Manitoba, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Ness Country is located at 50.7542°N, 96.9831°W. It observes Central Time (UTC−6 / −5). Postal code area: R1A.
Ness Country stretches across a low-lying expanse where the horizon presses firmly against the western edge of Lake Winnipeg. It lies 13.4 km north of Gimli, MB (from Gimli, MB: bearing 2°T), and is situated 13.3 km north-north-east of Aspen Park. The land here holds the damp, heavy scent of boreal dampness, defined by a transition where the soil gives way to the vast, shifting grey-blue waters of the lake. At dusk, the light loses its sharp clarity, thinning into a bruised violet that pulls the shadows of the surrounding trees long and thin across the fields. Only 5 km away, the quiet boundaries of Camp Morton Provincial Park offer a refuge of dense brush and cedar, while the Drunken River snakes through the landscape just 6 km distant, carving a jagged path toward the shore. Life in Ness Country follows the seasonal turning of the lake, an existence dictated by the ice-lock of winter and the sudden, frantic bloom of the short prairie summer. Historically, the inhabitants of Ness Country shaped their lives around the harvest of the water and the clearing of the stubborn, rocky earth, maintaining a quiet independence that resists the sprawl of modern development. The economy remains rooted in the land and the lake, with local industry favoring small-scale ventures that respect the isolation of the shoreline. Even now, the air carries a persistent, cooling draft off the water, a reminder of the immense depth and power of the lake that dictates the mood and the movement of every day.
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| Location | Ness Country, 28-20-4E, Manitoba |
| Coordinates | 50.754167°N, 96.983056°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (UTC−6 / −5) |
| Postal FSA | R1A |
| Area Code | 204, 431 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ness Country, 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 Ness Country includes coordinates 50.754167°N, 96.983056°W, situated in 28-20-4E. Postal FSA: R1A. 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.