The farther you are from downtown the more likely you already had frost earlier in the month. Winnipeg is large enough that there is a noticeable urban heat island effect - especially in the shoulder seasons.

A growing season of 175 days is comparable to normal growing seasons in:
- Toronto, ON (174 days)
- Yarmouth, NS (174 days)
- Abbotsford, BC (181 days)

The growing season at The Forks was 23 days longer than at the airport (152 days) this year. It was also 54 days longer than the normal growing season length at the airport of 121 days.

It's definitely one of the cold spots around the city, but it accurately represents its location which is semi-rural. For that reason it's a good location for Winnipeg because it more closely matches the historical records, which would've also been in a much less urbanized environment.

However, The Forks only recorded a low of 2.4 C, meaning urban Winnipeg largely escaped the freeze. Due to Winnipeg's urban heat island, the growing season in the urban core is almost one month longer than at the airport.

You are likely seeing the line of storms that is about 20 km east along highway 12.

This map shows rainfall estimates from weather radar, which generally match well with gauge measurements.

Note: In some communities there were numerous measurements available. I took the largest verifiable measurement from each community for this summary. Data came from personal weather stations, CoCoRAHS, ECCC, and Manitoba Agriculture. #mbstorm

Not overly. It’s a similar phenomena to sun dogs. Any time there are high level clouds near the sun you could see a halo.

Yes it looks like it. Appears to be due to high altitude ice crystals refracting sunlight.

Yes it does. It's quite likely that our average high temperature this summer would've been a bit warmer if not for the smoke.