Climate averages 1991–2020
Winnipeg weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Winnipeg: daytime highs average -9.0°C and nights cool to about -18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fargo (335 km away). In February its highs average -4.6°C, 4.4°C warmer than Winnipeg, with 18 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Winnipeg ranks 86th of 86 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Winnipeg is 8.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 8.1°C to -0.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 14 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Winnipeg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.0°C-21.0°C | -21.0°C | 16 | 4.9 | 8.69 h |
| February, selected | -9.0°C-18.7°C | -18.7°C | 14 | 3.7 | 10.110 h |
| March | -0.9°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 25 | 6.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.1°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 36 | 6.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 16.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 80 | 10.8 | 15.415 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 98 | 12.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 88 | 11.5 | 15.916 h |
| August | 24.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 76 | 9.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 68 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 47 | 8.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | -0.4°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 28 | 6.0 | 9.19 h |
| December | -8.7°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 22 | 5.7 | 8.28 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Fargo in FebruaryUnited States · 335 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -14.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Bismarck in FebruaryUnited States · 435 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -12.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Duluth in FebruaryUnited States · 507 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -12.0°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Regina in FebruaryCanada · 536 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -15.9°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Thunder Bay in FebruaryCanada · 598 kmHigh -8.0°C · Low -15.0°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Brooklyn Park in FebruaryUnited States · 604 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -11.5°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Plymouth, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 609 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -11.3°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Minneapolis in FebruaryUnited States · 618 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -11.4°C · 26 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Winnipeg) is explained once on the Winnipeg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.