Winnipeg Canada is a sunny city, with over 2300 hours of sun annually. July is the sunniest month with 318 hours of bright sunshine, and November the least sunny, with 96. Winnipeg is the second sunniest city in Canada in the winter and spring, and has the second clearest skies year round.
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Winnipeg was -47.8 °C, on December 24, 1879. The coldest wind chill reading ever recorded was -57.1 °C on February 1, 1996.
Spring and fall tend to be rather contracted seasons, each averaging little over six weeks. In general the weather during these seasons is highly variable, and rapidly changing. For example, temperatures in Winnipeg in October have ranged from 30.5 °C to -20.6 °C , and in May from 37.8 °C to -11.7 °C.
Winnipeg Canada is situated just west of the longitudinal centre of Canada (near the geographical centre of North America), and approximately 100 kilometres north of the border with the US. It is near the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies, and about 70 kilometres (45 miles) south of Lake Winnipeg. It is situated in the floodplain of the Red River and is surrounded by rich agricultural land. The soils are clayey, with thick black surface horizons of high fertility.