Photo: Dig deeper · CC BY-SA 4.0January in West St. Paul bites harder 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. July is the wettest month, February the driest. Windshields need scraping on about 193 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
ECCC publishes no normals for West St. Paul itself; the figures are those of Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 16 km south-west.
A year in West St. Paul at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about West St. Paul’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in West St. Paul 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
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
On about 80 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 126 cm in a normal 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 West St. Paul
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. By this count, homes here need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with West St. Paul’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 23 May to about 22 September, some 122 days in a normal year.
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 →On some 86 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 37 days a year.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to West St. Paul’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 | 16 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, 69 km |
How West St. Paul 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 West St. Paul whose figures come from another normals location. West St. Paul has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 30–49 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| West St. Paul Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Brokenhead 30 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| Teulon 43 km · Gimli | 25.3°C 0.5°C cooler | −22.7°C 1.5°C colder | 517 mm |
West St. Paul 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 |
From year to year, December moves by 4.1°C, more than any month, and July least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −37.4°C in 2003 to 23.7°C in 2012.
Where West St. Paul’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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about West St. Paul’s climate
How warm does West St. Paul get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.8°C.
How cold does West St. Paul get in winter?
Lows sink to −21.2°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does West St. Paul get?
Precipitation totals 519 mm a year, with July the wettest month (77 mm) and February the driest (13 mm).
Are these figures for West St. Paul itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), not in West St. Paul; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for West St. Paul →
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).