January in Windsor Park bites harder than in 95% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.8°C. July is the wettest month here, with about 5.8 times the rain and snow of February. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 72% of Canadian towns. About 80 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Read at Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 13 km north-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Windsor Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Windsor Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Windsor Park feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 193 frosts and 110 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost 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
Rain and melted snow: about 519 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
126 cm of snow in a typical 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 Windsor Park
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 89% of Canadian towns.
Living with Windsor Park’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 23 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 22 September, ends a season of 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 →Plan for about 86 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Plan shade and water for about 37 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Windsor Park’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Winnipeg Richardson (Airport)
Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 13 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 | Pinawa, 81 km |
How Windsor Park 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
Places around Windsor Park whose figures come from another normals location. Windsor Park has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 39–47 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Park Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) | 25.8°C | −21.2°C | 519 mm |
| Brokenhead 39 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −21.7°C 0.5°C colder | 571 mm |
| St-Pierre-Jolys 47 km · Emerson | 26.0°C about the same | −20.4°C 0.8°C milder | 543 mm |
Windsor Park 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 |
March: −37.4°C at its coldest, 23.7°C at its warmest
Year to year, December varies most (a standard deviation of 4.1°C around −12.7°C) and July least (1.4°C).
Where Windsor Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Windsor Park’s climate
How warm does Windsor Park get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.8°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Windsor Park get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −21.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Windsor Park 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 Windsor Park itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Windsor Park.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Windsor Park →
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).