Elmhurst has colder winter nights than 95% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.8°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 72% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. Windshields need scraping on about 193 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) station, 8.0 km north.
A year in Elmhurst at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Elmhurst’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Elmhurst feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
193 frost days and 110 days above 20°C 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
About 519 mm of rain and snow a year
About 80 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
126 cm of snow in a typical 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 Elmhurst
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Elmhurst’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.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 86 days a year here.
The humidex tops 30 on about 37 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Elmhurst’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 | 8.0 km north |
| 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, 73 km |
How Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 37–50 km from Elmhurst.
Elmhurst weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| 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
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 Elmhurst’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Elmhurst’s climate
How warm does Elmhurst get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 25.8°C.
How cold does Elmhurst get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −21.2°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), just outside Elmhurst’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Elmhurst →
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).