Photo: Rkehler3 · CC0Nights turn raw in Ste. Anne each January, colder than in 95% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.8°C. A year here swings 47°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 72% of Canadian towns. Have the furnace checked before October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Every figure here comes from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 51 km north-west; ECCC has no normals closer to Ste. Anne, so they describe the wider area.
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.
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
The most falls in July, the least in February. 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
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 27 cm).
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.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Homes here need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Ste. Anne’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Wait until about 23 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 22 September, about 122 days later.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Expect around 86 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Roughly 37 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Ste. Anne’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 51 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, 71 km |
How Ste. Anne compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Ste. Anne’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 21–45 km 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 42 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
Ste. Anne weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the 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 |
The most changeable month: December, give or take 4.1°C; the steadiest, July
March has the widest record range, −37.4°C in 2003 to 23.7°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Ste. Anne’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: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Ste. Anne’s climate
How warm does Ste. Anne get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.8°C.
How cold does Ste. Anne get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Ste. Anne get?
519 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (77 mm); the driest, February (13 mm).
Are these figures for Ste. Anne itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), a long way 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).