Nights turn raw in Inkster-Faraday each January, colder than in 95% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.8°C. Winter and summer sit 47°C apart. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 72% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
Read at Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 6.1 km west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Inkster-Faraday at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Inkster-Faraday’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Inkster-Faraday feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 193 days, 20°C on 110
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly 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
519 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in July, the least in February. 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
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 Inkster-Faraday
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. That means homes here need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Inkster-Faraday’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Between the last frost, near 23 May, and the first, near 22 September, lie about 122 frost-free days.
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 →On some 86 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
On some 37 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Inkster-Faraday’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 | 6.1 km 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, 78 km |
How Inkster-Faraday 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Inkster-Faraday’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 39–47 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Inkster-Faraday.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inkster-Faraday Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Brokenhead 39 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 |
Inkster-Faraday 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 |
December varies most from one year to the next (4.1°C), July least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −37.4°C in 2003 and a high of 23.7°C in 2012.
Where Inkster-Faraday’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, 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 Inkster-Faraday’s climate
How warm does Inkster-Faraday get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.8°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Inkster-Faraday get in winter?
Overnight lows average −21.2°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Inkster-Faraday 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 Inkster-Faraday itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Inkster-Faraday.
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