Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0Winter nights in St. Adolphe are colder than in 95% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 25.8°C. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 72% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 47°C across the year, low to high. Windshields need scraping on about 193 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to St. Adolphe is Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 31 km north, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in St. Adolphe at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about St. Adolphe’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in St. Adolphe feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
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. 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
Rain and melted snow: about 519 mm a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. About 80 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
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 St. Adolphe
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with St. Adolphe’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 122 frost-free 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 →Expect around 86 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Plan shade and water for about 37 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for St. Adolphe: 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 | 31 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, 71 km |
How St. Adolphe 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share St. Adolphe’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest place to St. Adolphe with figures is 25 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Adolphe Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| St-Pierre-Jolys 25 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
St. Adolphe weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| 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 |
March has run from −37.4°C to 23.7°C in thirty years
Year to year, December varies most (a standard deviation of 4.1°C around −12.7°C) and July least (1.4°C).
Where St. Adolphe’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Winnipeg Richardson (Airport): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 St. Adolphe’s climate
How warm does St. Adolphe get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.8°C.
How cold does St. Adolphe get in winter?
Expect nights around −21.2°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does St. Adolphe get?
July is the wettest month at 77 mm and February the driest at 13 mm, for 519 mm over the year.
Are these figures for St. Adolphe itself?
Not as such: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) is the nearest normals location, and St. Adolphe has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for St. Adolphe →
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).