Afternoon heat in Kanata Lakes beats that of 78% of Canadian towns
In January the night’s low is typically −14.0°C. A year here swings 41°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 60% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 120 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Ottawa (City) location, 18 km north-east.
A year in Kanata Lakes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kanata Lakes’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Kanata Lakes feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 147 days, 20°C on 121
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 15 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
938 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 185 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 45 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Kanata Lakes
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days.
Living with Kanata Lakes’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
About 158 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 30 April to a first of 6 October.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 39 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Summer brings about 50 days when the humidex passes 30.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Kanata Lakes’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Ottawa (City)
Ottawa (City) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 18 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 79 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.3°C |
| Average wind | 11.5 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Ottawa (Airport), 20 km |
How Kanata Lakes compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Kanata Lakes’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Kanata Lakes with figures are 20–27 km away.
Kanata Lakes weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.2°C | −14.0°C | −9.6°C | 65 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −3.3°C | −12.9°C | −8.1°C | 52 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.5°C | −6.9°C | −2.2°C | 62 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 11.2°C | 1.1°C | 6.2°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.4°C | 8.0°C | 13.8°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.2°C | 13.3°C | 18.8°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.7°C | 15.8°C | 21.3°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.6°C | 14.6°C | 20.1°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.1°C | 10.1°C | 15.6°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.3°C | 4.1°C | 8.8°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.8°C | −1.8°C | 2.0°C | 72 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −1.5°C | −8.7°C | −5.1°C | 74 mm | 43 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 1.9°C | 6.8°C | 938 mm | 185 cm |
March has run from −28.5°C to 26.5°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 3.1°C around its normal of −9.6°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Kanata Lakes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Ottawa (City), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Kanata Lakes’s climate
How warm does Kanata Lakes get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 26.7°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Kanata Lakes get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −14.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Kanata Lakes get?
Rain and snow add up to about 938 mm of water a year; June brings the most (95 mm), February the least (52 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 115 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Kanata Lakes itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Ottawa (City), just outside Kanata Lakes’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kanata Lakes →
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).