 gilbert plains is a town in manitoba, canada. the town lies on highway 5 and the cn railway line, between dauphin and grandview, or about 250 miles nw of winnipeg. the current mayor of gilbert plains is lyle smith. gilbert plains railway station receives via rail service. ==history== incorporated in 1906, the original townsite was some miles to the south. the townsite was named for gilbert ross, a mÃ©tis man who was living in the region when the first european settler, glenlyon campbell, arrived. the first white baby born in the gilbert plains district was myrtle mccurdy, while the first white boy was gilbert clifford best in 1900. ==demographics== the population is approximately 750, with an additional 1000 in the surrounding rural municipality of gilbert plains. ==geography== gilbert plains is situated on the valley river, in the parkland country between riding mountain national park and duck mountain provincial park. it is primarily a service centre for the surrounding farms. it also has a 18-hole golf course. ===climate=== {{weather box |location = gilbert plains |metric first = yes |single line = yes |jan record high c = 8 |feb record high c = 12 |mar record high c = 23 |apr record high c = 35.5 |may record high c = 37.5 |jun record high c = 36.1 |jul record high c = 36.1 |aug record high c = 37.8 |sep record high c = 36.1 |oct record high c = 31.5 |nov record high c = 21.1 |dec record high c = 12.5 |year record high c =37.8 |jan high c = -12.6 |feb high c = -8.4 |mar high c = -1.3 |apr high c = 9.1 |may high c = 17.9 |jun high c = 22.4 |jul high c = 24.9 |aug high c = 23.9 |sep high c = 17.2 |oct high c = 10.3 |nov high c = -1.7 |dec high c = -10.1 |year high c = 7.6 |jan mean c = -18.2 |feb mean c = -14.4 |mar mean c = -7.3 |apr mean c = 2.6 |may mean c = 10.7 |jun mean c = 15.6 |jul mean c = 18.1 |aug mean c = 16.8 |sep mean c = 10.6 |oct mean c = 4.2 |nov mean c = -6.4 |dec mean c = -15.3 |year mean c = 1.4 |jan low c = -23.9 |feb low c = -20.4 |mar low c = -13.3 |apr low c = -3.9 |may low c = 3.4 |jun low c = 8.9 |jul low c = 11.3 |aug low c = 9.6 |sep low c = 4 |oct low c = -1.9 |nov low c = -11.1 |dec low c = -20.4 |year low c = -4.8 |jan record low c = -43.5 |feb record low c = -43.3 |mar record low c = -40.6 |apr record low c = -28.9 |may record low c = -13 |jun record low c = -3.5 |jul record low c = -0.6 |aug record low c = -1.5 |sep record low c = -11.7 |oct record low c = -20 |nov record low c = -38.9 |dec re
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