Winter nights in Kirkfield are colder than in 95% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 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. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to August brings highs of 23–26°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) location, 6.5 km north-east.
A year in Kirkfield at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kirkfield’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Kirkfield feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 193 days, 20°C on 110
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 52 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 519 mm a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 80 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
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 Kirkfield
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kirkfield’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 23 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 22 September, ends a season of about 122 days.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 86 days a year here.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 37 days a year.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Kirkfield’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 | 6.5 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 Kirkfield 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Kirkfield’s own would show the same figures). Kirkfield has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 35–57 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkfield 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 |
| Morris 50 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
| Brokenhead 51 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| Teulon 57 km · Gimli | 25.3°C 0.5°C cooler | −22.7°C 1.5°C colder | 517 mm |
Kirkfield 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 |
Two years in three, December’s average lands within 4.1°C of normal, against the steadier July
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −37.4°C (2003) and 23.7°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Kirkfield’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: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Kirkfield’s climate
How warm does Kirkfield get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.8°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Kirkfield get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Kirkfield get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 519 mm; the range runs from 13 mm in February to 77 mm in July.
Are these figures for Kirkfield itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), just outside Kirkfield’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kirkfield →
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).