Midwinter lows in Pulberry sink below those of 95% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 25.8°C. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 72% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 47°C. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 193 days a year at 0°C or below.
Read at Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 12 km north-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Pulberry at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Pulberry’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Pulberry feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
193 frost days and 110 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 52 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 519 mm of rain and snow a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 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
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 Pulberry
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Pulberry’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 23 May to about 22 September, some 122 days in a normal year.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Expect around 86 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 37 a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Pulberry’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 12 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, 82 km |
How Pulberry 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 Pulberry’s would only repeat its figures. Pulberry has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 44–47 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulberry Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Brokenhead 44 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| St-Pierre-Jolys 45 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
| Cartier 47 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
Pulberry 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 March here can run from −37.4°C to 23.7°C
Two years in three, December’s average falls within 4.1°C of its normal of −12.7°C; July keeps to within 1.4°C.
Where Pulberry’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: 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Pulberry’s climate
How warm does Pulberry get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.8°C.
How cold does Pulberry get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Pulberry 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 Pulberry itself?
They are the normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), measured just outside Pulberry itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Pulberry →
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).