Afternoon heat in North Gower - Kars beats that of 83% of Canadian towns
January nights here settle around −14.0°C. Some 41°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Windshields need scraping on about 157 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
North Gower - Kars has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Kemptville, 16 km south.
A year in North Gower - Kars at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about North Gower - Kars’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in North Gower - Kars feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 157 days, 20°C on 121
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 17 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 925 mm of rain and snow a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 116 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
232 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 59 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Ottawa (Airport), 21 km away (Kemptville records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in North Gower - Kars
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C.
Living with North Gower - Kars’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 32 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 53 days a year.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on North Gower - Kars’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kemptville
ECCC builds the Kemptville normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 16 km south |
| Station altitude | 99 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Ottawa (Airport), 21 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.7°C |
| Average wind | 8.3 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Ottawa (Airport), 21 km |
How North Gower - Kars 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
Places around North Gower - Kars whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Gower - Kars Kemptville | 26.8°C | −14.0°C | 925 mm |
| Osgoode - Vernon 8.6 km · Kemptville | 26.8°C about the same | −14.0°C about the same | 925 mm |
| Manotick 10 km · Ottawa (Airport) | 27.0°C about the same | −14.3°C about the same | 930 mm |
North Gower - Kars 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 | −4.3°C | −14.0°C | −9.1°C | 70 mm | 59 cm |
| February | −2.4°C | −12.9°C | −7.7°C | 52 mm | 49 cm |
| March | 3.4°C | −7.0°C | −1.8°C | 62 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 11.4°C | 0.3°C | 5.9°C | 88 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 6.9°C | 13.1°C | 73 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.3°C | 12.3°C | 18.3°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.8°C | 14.8°C | 20.8°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.6°C | 13.7°C | 19.7°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.3°C | 9.4°C | 15.4°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.6°C | 3.6°C | 8.6°C | 92 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 6.3°C | −2.3°C | 2.0°C | 79 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −0.9°C | −8.8°C | −4.9°C | 72 mm | 50 cm |
| Year | 12.0°C | 1.3°C | 6.7°C | 925 mm | 232 cm |
A March here can run from −28.3°C to 26.3°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.0°C of the normal, −9.1°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where North Gower - Kars’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Kemptville, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about North Gower - Kars’s climate
How warm does North Gower - Kars get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 26.8°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does North Gower - Kars get in winter?
January nights average −14.0°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does North Gower - Kars get?
About 925 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (98 mm) and February the driest (52 mm).
Are these figures for North Gower - Kars itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Kemptville, not in North Gower - Kars; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for North Gower - Kars →
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