Photo: Mennowiki · CC BY-SA 4.0Steinbach has colder winter nights than 95% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.8°C. 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. From June to August, highs of 23–26°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Steinbach come from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 59 km north-west, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Steinbach at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Steinbach’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Steinbach 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
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 52 nights a year.
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. Some 80 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
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 Steinbach
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Steinbach’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 23 May to 22 September without frost, around 122 days in all.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Count on some 86 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Expect around 37 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Steinbach’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 | 59 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 | Emerson, 66 km |
How Steinbach 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
Places around Steinbach whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 10 km from Steinbach.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steinbach Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| La Broquerie 10 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
Steinbach 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 |
December varies most from one year to the next (4.1°C), July least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −37.4°C (2003) and 23.7°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Steinbach’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: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Steinbach’s climate
How warm does Steinbach get in summer?
Highs reach 25.8°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Steinbach get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Steinbach get?
Measured as water, a year brings 519 mm: 77 mm in July, the wettest month, and 13 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Steinbach itself?
Not really: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), the closest location with normals, lies well away from Steinbach.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Steinbach →
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).