Nights turn raw in Fort Richmond each January, colder than in 95% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 25.8°C. Seasons differ by 47°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 72% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 80 days a year with 1 mm or more.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) location, 16 km north-west.
A year in Fort Richmond at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fort Richmond’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Fort Richmond 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
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
519 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 126 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 27 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Fort Richmond
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. That means homes here need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Fort Richmond’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Wait until about 23 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 22 September, about 122 days later.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 86 days a year.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 37 a year.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Fort Richmond’s hazards page covers the risks.
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 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, 82 km |
How Fort Richmond 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 Fort Richmond’s would only repeat its figures. Fort Richmond has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 41–48 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Richmond Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| St-Pierre-Jolys 41 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
| Cartier 47 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
| Brokenhead 48 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
Fort Richmond weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
A March here can run from −37.4°C to 23.7°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; December is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±4.1°C around −12.7°C), July the one that wanders least (±1.4°C).
Where Fort Richmond’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 1991–2020.
- 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Fort Richmond’s climate
How warm does Fort Richmond get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.8°C on a typical day.
How cold does Fort Richmond get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −21.2°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Fort Richmond get?
A normal year brings 519 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 77 mm, February driest at 13 mm.
Are these figures for Fort Richmond itself?
They are the normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), measured just outside Fort Richmond itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fort Richmond →
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).