Nights turn raw in Central Park each January, colder than in 95% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 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. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 193 days a year at 0°C or below.
Read at Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 6.3 km north-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Central Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Central Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Central Park feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 193 days, 20°C on 110
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 52 nights a year the air falls below −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
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 Central Park
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. A house here needs more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Central Park’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 23 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 22 September, ends a season of about 122 days.
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.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 37 a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Central Park’s hazards page.
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 | 6.3 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 | Portage Southport, 80 km |
How Central Park 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Central Park’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 41–49 km from Central Park.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Brokenhead 41 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| Cartier 45 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
Central Park 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 month with the widest range: March, −37.4°C to 23.7°C
December is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.1°C of the normal, −12.7°C. July is the steadiest, within 1.4°C.
Where Central Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Central Park’s climate
How warm does Central Park get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.8°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Central Park get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Central Park get?
About 519 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (77 mm) and February the driest (13 mm).
Are these figures for Central Park itself?
They are the normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), measured just outside Central Park itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Central Park →
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).