Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Kenora has colder winter nights than 89% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 24.4°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 67% of Canadian towns. Some 45°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals at Kenora (8.4 km east).
A year in Kenora at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kenora’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Kenora feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 181 days, 20°C on 92
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 42 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
About 754 mm of rain and snow a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 867th wettest of 871 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario. Some 103 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
175 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 32 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 Kenora
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kenora’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 144 frost-free days, roughly 10 May to 2 October.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 76 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
The humidex tops 30 on about 22 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Kenora’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kenora
Kenora is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 8.4 km east |
| Station altitude | 410 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 13.5 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Indian Bay, 54 km |
How Kenora compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Kenora’s own would show the same figures). Kenora has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 63–120 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenora | 24.4°C | −20.1°C | 754 mm |
| Division No. 1, Unorganized 63 km · Indian Bay | 25.1°C 0.7°C warmer | −22.1°C 2.0°C colder | 643 mm |
| Pinawa 108 km · Pinawa | 25.2°C 0.8°C warmer | −21.7°C 1.6°C colder | 571 mm |
| Dryden 120 km · Sioux Lookout | 24.3°C about the same | −22.3°C 2.2°C colder | 796 mm |
Kenora 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 | −20.1°C | −15.8°C | 27 mm | 31 cm |
| February | −7.8°C | −17.6°C | −12.7°C | 21 mm | 23 cm |
| March | −0.1°C | −10.3°C | −5.2°C | 27 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 8.6°C | −1.7°C | 3.5°C | 40 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 16.3°C | 5.7°C | 11.0°C | 91 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 21.9°C | 12.0°C | 17.0°C | 119 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 24.4°C | 14.9°C | 19.6°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.4°C | 13.9°C | 18.7°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.4°C | 8.6°C | 13.1°C | 94 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 8.8°C | 1.7°C | 5.2°C | 67 mm | 15 cm |
| November | −0.6°C | −6.9°C | −3.8°C | 38 mm | 31 cm |
| December | −8.2°C | −16.0°C | −12.0°C | 28 mm | 32 cm |
| Year | 7.7°C | −1.3°C | 3.2°C | 754 mm | 175 cm |
In March, anything from −34.0°C to 23.8°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.6°C of the normal, −15.8°C. August is the steadiest, within 1.4°C.
Where Kenora’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Kenora, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Kenora’s climate
How warm does Kenora get in summer?
Highs reach 24.4°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Kenora get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −20.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Kenora get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 754 mm; the range runs from 21 mm in February to 119 mm in June.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 150 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Kenora itself?
They are: the normals station that gives them stands in Kenora.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kenora →
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).