Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Winter nights in La Salle are colder than in 95% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.8°C. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 72% of Canadian towns. July is the wettest month here, with about 5.8 times the rain and snow of February. Long walks are most pleasant from June to August, when afternoons reach 23–26°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to La Salle is Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 26 km north, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in La Salle at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about La Salle’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in La Salle feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 193 days, 20°C on 110
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 52 nights a year drop under −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
On about 80 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
126 cm of snow in a typical 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 La Salle
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Homes here need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with La Salle’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 122 days, roughly 23 May to 22 September.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 86 days with a wind chill below −20.
Expect around 37 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; La Salle’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 26 km north |
| 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 | Emerson, 73 km |
How La Salle compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around La Salle whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 31–43 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from La Salle.
La Salle weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
December varies most from one year to the next (4.1°C), July least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −37.4°C (2003) to 23.7°C (2012).
Where La Salle’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about La Salle’s climate
How warm does La Salle get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.8°C.
How cold does La Salle get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −21.2°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does La Salle get?
Around 519 mm a year in all, from 77 mm in July down to 13 mm in February.
Are these figures for La Salle itself?
Not exactly. La Salle lacks a normals station, so Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for La Salle →
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).