North River Heights has colder winter nights than 95% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 25.8°C. Precipitation follows the seasons: July brings about 5.8 times as much as February. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 72% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 193 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) station, 6.3 km north-west.
A year in North River Heights at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about North River Heights’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in North River Heights 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
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost 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
519 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 80 days a year bring 1 mm 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 North River Heights
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with North River Heights’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Wait until about 23 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 22 September, about 122 days later.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 86 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
On some 37 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on North River Heights’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 | 6.3 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 | Portage Southport, 78 km |
How North River Heights 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
Places around North River Heights whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to North River Heights with figures are 42–50 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| North River Heights Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Cartier 42 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
| Brokenhead 45 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| St-Pierre-Jolys 50 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
North River Heights 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 strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 4.1°C; July the least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −37.4°C (2003) and 23.7°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where North River Heights’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: 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 North River Heights’s climate
How warm does North River Heights get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 25.8°C.
How cold does North River Heights get in winter?
Expect nights around −21.2°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does North River Heights 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 North River Heights itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside North River Heights.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for North River Heights →
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).