Photo: Matthew ave jor · CC BY-SA 3.0Nights turn raw in Ste. Anne each January, colder than in 95% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.8°C on average. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 72% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 47°C apart. Windshields need scraping on about 193 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Ste. Anne has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 54 km north-west, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Ste. Anne at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Ste. Anne’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Ste. Anne 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
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
July is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 80 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 126 cm of snow a 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 Ste. Anne
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. Homes here need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Ste. Anne’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.
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 →Expect around 86 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
About 37 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Ste. Anne’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 | 54 km north-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 | Pinawa, 68 km |
How Ste. Anne 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 Ste. Anne whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 21–43 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Ste. Anne.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ste. Anne Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| La Broquerie 21 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
| Reynolds 38 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
Ste. Anne 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 Ste. Anne’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: 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 Ste. Anne’s climate
How warm does Ste. Anne get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.8°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Ste. Anne get in winter?
Expect nights around −21.2°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Ste. Anne get?
The yearly total is about 519 mm. July gets 77 mm, the most of any month; February gets 13 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Ste. Anne itself?
Not really: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), the closest location with normals, lies well away from Ste. Anne.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Ste. Anne →
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).