Photo: HS01 · CC BY-SA 3.0Morris has colder winter nights than 89% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 26.0°C on average. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 46°C. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 69% of Canadian towns. About 75 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Emerson, 50 km south-east: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Morris itself.
A year in Morris at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Morris’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Morris feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 186 frosts and 117 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 46 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
543 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. 8th wettest of 189 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 126 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 27 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 56 km away (Emerson records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Morris
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. Homes here need more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Morris’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 79 days a year.
Plan shade and water for about 43 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Morris’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Emerson
Emerson is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 50 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 56 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 16.7 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Morden, 53 km |
How Morris 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Morris’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Morris with figures are 31–40 km away.
Morris weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.6°C | −20.4°C | −15.5°C | 16 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −7.8°C | −18.4°C | −13.1°C | 16 mm | 12 cm |
| March | −0.1°C | −10.2°C | −5.2°C | 24 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.6°C | −1.5°C | 4.6°C | 29 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 19.2°C | 5.4°C | 12.3°C | 79 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 11.5°C | 17.7°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 13.4°C | 19.7°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.6°C | 11.8°C | 18.7°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.5°C | 7.1°C | 13.8°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.2°C | 0.2°C | 5.7°C | 41 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 1.1°C | −7.8°C | −3.4°C | 25 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −7.3°C | −16.3°C | −11.8°C | 21 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 9.4°C | −2.1°C | 3.6°C | 543 mm | 126 cm |
February: −43.2°C at its coldest, 14.1°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 4.1°C around its normal of −13.1°C, the widest of any month, while July’s shifts by 1.2°C.
Where Morris’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Emerson from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Morris’s climate
How warm does Morris get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C.
How cold does Morris get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −20.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Morris get?
Rain and snow add up to about 543 mm of water a year; June brings the most (90 mm), February the least (16 mm).
Are these figures for Morris itself?
Not really: Emerson, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Morris.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Morris →
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).