Winter nights in Spence are colder than in 95% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.8°C. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 72% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. Expect about 193 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (6.1 km north-west).
A year in Spence at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Spence’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Spence feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
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
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
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 27 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Spence
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Spence’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Wait until about 23 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 22 September, about 122 days later.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 86 days in a normal year.
Summer brings about 37 days when the humidex passes 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Spence’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 6.1 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, 80 km |
How Spence 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Spence’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 42–49 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Spence.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spence Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Brokenhead 42 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| Cartier 44 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
Spence weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
The most changeable month: December, give or take 4.1°C; the steadiest, 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 Spence’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: 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, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Spence’s climate
How warm does Spence get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.8°C.
How cold does Spence get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Spence get?
Measured as water, a year brings 519 mm: 77 mm in July, the wettest month, and 13 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Spence itself?
Nearly: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Spence’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Spence →
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).