Photo: Suburban Rapid Transit Co. via Winnipeg Electric Co. · Public domainHeadingley has colder winter nights than 95% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.8°C on average. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 72% of Canadian towns. Precipitation follows the seasons: July brings about 5.8 times as much as February. Windshields need scraping on about 193 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Headingley has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 13 km north-east.
A year in Headingley at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Headingley’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Headingley feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 193 frosts and 110 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 52 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 519 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 80 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 126 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 27 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Headingley
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. That means homes here need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Headingley’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
From about 23 May to 22 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 122 days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 86 days in a normal year.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 37 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Headingley: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport)
ECCC builds the Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) normals from 4 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 13 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 239 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 17.5 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Portage Southport, 64 km |
How Headingley compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Headingley’s would only repeat its figures. Headingley has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 28–57 km out.
Headingley weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −11.4°C | −21.2°C | −16.3°C | 18 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −8.8°C | −19.3°C | −14.1°C | 13 mm | 12 cm |
| March | −0.9°C | −11.2°C | −6.1°C | 26 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −2.5°C | 3.8°C | 33 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 4.2°C | 11.1°C | 70 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 23.3°C | 10.9°C | 17.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.8°C | 13.2°C | 19.5°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 11.9°C | 18.7°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 6.9°C | 13.3°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.4°C | −0.2°C | 5.1°C | 38 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 0.1°C | −8.8°C | −4.4°C | 25 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −8.2°C | −17.3°C | −12.7°C | 19 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 8.6°C | −2.8°C | 2.9°C | 519 mm | 126 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −37.4°C to 23.7°C
December is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.1°C of the normal, −12.7°C. July is the steadiest, within 1.4°C.
Where Headingley’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Headingley’s climate
How warm does Headingley get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.8°C.
How cold does Headingley get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Headingley get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 519 mm a year; July leads with 77 mm and February trails with 13 mm.
Are these figures for Headingley itself?
They come from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Headingley.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Headingley →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).