Garden City has colder winter nights than 95% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 25.8°C. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 72% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 47°C. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Read at Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 6.9 km south-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Garden City at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Garden City’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Garden City feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
193 frost days and 110 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 52 nights a year.
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
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 80 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 126 cm in a normal 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 Garden City
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. By this count, homes here need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Garden City’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Wait until about 23 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 22 September, about 122 days later.
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 →Roughly 86 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
About 37 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Garden City’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 | 6.9 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, 77 km |
How Garden City compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Garden City whose figures come from another normals location. Garden City has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 38–49 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Brokenhead 38 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| Cartier 46 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
| Teulon 49 km · Gimli | 25.3°C 0.5°C cooler | −22.7°C 1.5°C colder | 517 mm |
Garden City 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 |
March: −37.4°C at its coldest, 23.7°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, December’s average typically shifts by 4.1°C around its normal of −12.7°C, the widest of any month, while July’s shifts by 1.4°C.
Where Garden City’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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 Garden City’s climate
How warm does Garden City get in summer?
Highs reach 25.8°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Garden City get in winter?
January nights average −21.2°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Garden City get?
Around 519 mm a year in all, from 77 mm in July down to 13 mm in February.
Are these figures for Garden City itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), just outside Garden City’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Garden City →
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).