January in Heritage Park bites harder than in 95% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.8°C. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 72% of Canadian towns. July is the wettest month, February the driest. From June to August, highs of 23–26°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (5.0 km north-east).
A year in Heritage Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Heritage Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Heritage Park feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
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. 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
Some 80 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 126 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 27 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Heritage Park
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Heritage Park’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 23 May until frost returns near 22 September: about 122 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 86 days with a wind chill below −20.
Roughly 37 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Heritage Park’s.
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 | 5.0 km north-east |
| 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, 71 km |
How Heritage 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Heritage Park’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Heritage Park with figures are 35–55 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Park Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Cartier 35 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
| Brokenhead 50 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| Morris 52 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
| Teulon 55 km · Gimli | 25.3°C 0.5°C cooler | −22.7°C 1.5°C colder | 517 mm |
Heritage Park 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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −37.4°C to 23.7°C
Two years in three, December’s average falls within 4.1°C of its normal of −12.7°C; July keeps to within 1.4°C.
Where Heritage Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Heritage Park’s climate
How warm does Heritage Park get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.8°C.
How cold does Heritage Park get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Heritage Park 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 Heritage Park itself?
Nearly: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Heritage Park’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Heritage 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).