Valhalla has colder winter nights than 95% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.8°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 47°C. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 72% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (11 km west).
A year in Valhalla at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Valhalla’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Valhalla feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 193 frosts and 110 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly 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
Rain and melted snow: about 519 mm a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. About 80 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
126 cm of snow in a typical 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 Valhalla
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. A house here needs more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Valhalla’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 23 May and the first autumn frost around 22 September: about 122 frost-free days between.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Expect around 86 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 37 days a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Valhalla’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 | 11 km 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 | Gimli, 76 km |
How Valhalla 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Valhalla’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 34–50 km from Valhalla.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valhalla Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Brokenhead 34 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| Teulon 50 km · Gimli | 25.3°C 0.5°C cooler | −22.7°C 1.5°C colder | 517 mm |
| Cartier 50 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C about the same | −19.1°C 2.1°C milder | 493 mm |
Valhalla 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 |
A March here can run from −37.4°C to 23.7°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; December is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±4.1°C around −12.7°C), July the one that wanders least (±1.4°C).
Where Valhalla’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 place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Valhalla’s climate
How warm does Valhalla get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.8°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Valhalla get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Valhalla get?
Count on roughly 519 mm a year, heaviest in July (77 mm) and lightest in February (13 mm).
Are these figures for Valhalla itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Valhalla.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Valhalla →
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).