Midwinter lows in Silver Heights sink below those of 95% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.8°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 72% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 193 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Read at Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 4.9 km north: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Silver Heights at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Silver Heights’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Silver Heights feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
193 frost days and 110 days above 20°C a year
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
About 519 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 80 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
126 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 27 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Silver Heights
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Silver Heights’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 23 May until frost returns near 22 September: about 122 days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Count on some 86 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Count on some 37 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Silver Heights: the 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 | 4.9 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, 73 km |
How Silver Heights 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
Places around Silver Heights whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Silver Heights with figures are 38–56 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Heights Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Cartier 38 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
| Brokenhead 48 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| Morris 51 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
| Teulon 56 km · Gimli | 25.3°C 0.5°C cooler | −22.7°C 1.5°C colder | 517 mm |
Silver Heights weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| 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 has run from −37.4°C to 23.7°C in thirty years
Year to year, December varies most (a standard deviation of 4.1°C around −12.7°C) and July least (1.4°C).
Where Silver Heights’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 Silver Heights’s climate
How warm does Silver Heights get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.8°C.
How cold does Silver Heights get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Silver Heights get?
The year adds up to 519 mm. July is the peak month (77 mm) and February the low one (13 mm).
Are these figures for Silver Heights itself?
They are the normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), measured just outside Silver Heights itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Silver 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).