Nights turn raw in Meadowood each January, colder than in 95% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.8°C on average. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 72% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in July and eases off in February. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to August brings highs of 23–26°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (14 km north-west).
A year in Meadowood at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Meadowood’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Meadowood feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 193 frosts and 110 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost 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
Rain and melted snow: about 519 mm a year
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
Expect snow from October to May, with about 27 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Meadowood
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Meadowood’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plant out after about 23 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 22 September, leaving roughly 122 days without frost.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 86 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
On some 37 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Meadowood’s hazards page.
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 | 14 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 | Pinawa, 84 km |
How Meadowood 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 Meadowood’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 43–50 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Meadowood.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowood Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Brokenhead 43 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| St-Pierre-Jolys 44 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
| Cartier 49 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
Meadowood 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 |
A December here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 4.1°C; the steadiest month is July
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 Meadowood’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), the nearest location with a full year 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 (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Meadowood’s climate
How warm does Meadowood get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.8°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Meadowood get in winter?
January nights average −21.2°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Meadowood 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 Meadowood itself?
They are the normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), measured just outside Meadowood itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Meadowood →
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).