Photo: Shahnoor Habib Munmun · CC BY 3.0Midwinter lows in St. Andrews sink below those of 95% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.8°C on average. Precipitation follows the seasons: July brings about 5.8 times as much as February. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 72% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 80 days a year with 1 mm or more.
No ECCC station in St. Andrews has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 33 km south-west, instead.
A year in St. Andrews at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about St. Andrews’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in St. Andrews 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
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
126 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 27 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in St. Andrews
91% 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. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with St. Andrews’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 23 May until frost returns near 22 September: about 122 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 86 days a year.
About 37 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to St. Andrews’s 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 | 33 km south-west |
| 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 | Gimli, 51 km |
How St. Andrews compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around St. Andrews whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 26–36 km from St. Andrews.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Andrews Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Brokenhead 26 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| Teulon 30 km · Gimli | 25.3°C 0.5°C cooler | −22.7°C 1.5°C colder | 517 mm |
St. Andrews 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 St. Andrews’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: 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 St. Andrews’s climate
How warm does St. Andrews get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.8°C on a typical day.
How cold does St. Andrews get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does St. Andrews get?
Rain and snow add up to about 519 mm of water a year; July brings the most (77 mm), February the least (13 mm).
Are these figures for St. Andrews itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport); St. Andrews has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for St. Andrews →
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).