January in Old Tuxedo bites harder than in 95% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.8°C. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 72% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Read at Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 5.5 km north: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Old Tuxedo at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Old Tuxedo’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Old Tuxedo 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. 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
On about 80 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 126 cm of snow a 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 Old Tuxedo
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Old Tuxedo’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 23 May to about 22 September, some 122 days in a normal year.
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 →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 86 days a year here.
A humidex above 30 marks about 37 days in a normal year.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Old Tuxedo’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 | 5.5 km north |
| 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, 76 km |
How Old Tuxedo 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 Old Tuxedo’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 41–54 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Old Tuxedo.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Tuxedo Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Cartier 41 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
| Brokenhead 46 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| St-Pierre-Jolys 51 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
Old Tuxedo 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 |
March: −37.4°C at its coldest, 23.7°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, December’s average typically shifts by 4.1°C around its normal of −12.7°C, the widest of any month, while July’s shifts by 1.4°C.
Where Old Tuxedo’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Old Tuxedo’s climate
How warm does Old Tuxedo get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.8°C.
How cold does Old Tuxedo get in winter?
Lows sink to −21.2°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Old Tuxedo get?
Some 519 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (77 mm), the least in February (13 mm).
Are these figures for Old Tuxedo itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Old Tuxedo.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Old Tuxedo →
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).