Port Nelson, Manitoba Weather
Port Nelson, 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 Port Nelson.
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About Port Nelson, Manitoba
Port Nelson is a locality in Manitoba, Canada. It is classified as a town. Port Nelson is located at 57.0547°N, 92.5983°W. It observes Central Time (UTC−6 / −5). Postal code area: R0B.
Port Nelson rests at the edge of the vast Hudson Bay, where the horizon dissolves into an expanse of grey water and low-lying coastal silt. It lies 137.3 km north-north-west of Shamattawa, MB (from Shamattawa, MB: bearing 347°T), and is situated 18.7 km west-north-west of York Factory. The Fleuve Nelson dominates the local geography, flowing with a heavy, deliberate coldness about 6 km away from the shore, its currents carrying the weight of the interior toward the sea. Here, the light at dusk possesses a stark, silvery clarity that seems to sharpen the jagged edges of the shoreline, turning the mudflats into mirrors for a sky that feels immense and indifferent. Port Nelson occupies a singular place in the annals of northern ambition, born from grand industrial dreams that ultimately succumbed to the unforgiving pressures of the subarctic environment. The remains of unfinished infrastructure stand as hulking, rusted sentinels against the wind, markers of a time when engineers sought to command the flow of commerce through these desolate reaches. Today, the silence of the coast is absolute, broken only by the shifting of ice and the relentless push of the tide. This quietude defines the character of the site, leaving behind a landscape that has reclaimed its solitude, indifferent to the transient marks left by those who once gathered to build a gateway to the north.
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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 | Port Nelson, Manitoba |
| Coordinates | 57.054722°N, 92.598333°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (UTC−6 / −5) |
| Postal FSA | R0B |
| Area Code | 204, 431 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Port Nelson, Manitoba Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Port Nelson, 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 Port Nelson includes coordinates 57.054722°N, 92.598333°W. Postal FSA: R0B. 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.