Photo: Rob Swystun from Winnipeg, Canada · CC BY 2.0Winnipeg Beach sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.3°C. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 75% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in June and eases off in February. Frost comes on about 195 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Winnipeg Beach is Gimli, 15 km north, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Winnipeg Beach at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Winnipeg Beach’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Winnipeg Beach feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
195 frost days and 99 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 56 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
517 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 79 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow 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
Gimli publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 67 km away.
Heating a home in Winnipeg Beach
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. By this count, homes here need more heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Winnipeg Beach’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Count on about 124 frost-free days: the last frost averages 25 May, the first 27 September.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Winnipeg Beach’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Gimli
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Gimli are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 15 km north |
| Station altitude | 223 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 67 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −45.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 67 km |
How Winnipeg Beach 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
Places around Winnipeg Beach whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 36 km from Winnipeg Beach.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg Beach Gimli | 25.3°C | −22.7°C | 517 mm |
| St. Andrews 36 km · Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C 0.5°C warmer | −21.2°C 1.5°C milder | 519 mm |
Winnipeg Beach weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −12.2°C | −22.7°C | −17.5°C | 19 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −9.1°C | −20.5°C | −14.8°C | 12 mm | 12 cm |
| March | −1.2°C | −12.4°C | −6.8°C | 23 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 8.7°C | −3.2°C | 2.7°C | 28 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 16.4°C | 3.7°C | 10.0°C | 61 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 10.8°C | 16.6°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 13.1°C | 19.2°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.4°C | 11.8°C | 18.1°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.9°C | 7.1°C | 13.0°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.7°C | 0.3°C | 5.0°C | 44 mm | 4 cm |
| November | −0.3°C | −8.7°C | −4.5°C | 23 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −8.6°C | −17.9°C | −13.3°C | 18 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 7.9°C | −3.2°C | 2.3°C | 517 mm | 126 cm |
From year to year, December moves by 4.2°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 −37.0°C in 1996 to 24.1°C in 2012.
Where Winnipeg Beach’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Gimli, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Winnipeg Beach’s climate
How warm does Winnipeg Beach get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.3°C.
How cold does Winnipeg Beach get in winter?
Lows sink to −22.7°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Winnipeg Beach get?
Some 517 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (87 mm), the least in February (12 mm).
Are these figures for Winnipeg Beach itself?
They come from Gimli, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Winnipeg Beach.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Winnipeg Beach →
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).