Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0The climate in Quinte West sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
About 941 mm of rain and snow falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 26.5°C and January nights drop to −11.2°C. Some 38°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Frosty nights are scarcer than in 68% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 116 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, measured at Trenton, 3.4 km south-east.
A year in Quinte West at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Quinte West’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Quinte West feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 146 days, 20°C on 124
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 9 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
Rain and melted snow: about 941 mm a year
September is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 155 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 44 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Quinte West
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. A house here needs less heating than 70% of Canadian towns.
Living with Quinte West’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Count on about 161 frost-free days: the last frost averages 1 May, the first 10 October.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 28 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Expect around 51 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Quinte West’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Trenton
Trenton is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 3.4 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 86 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 12.7 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Point Petre, 48 km |
How Quinte West 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Quinte West’s would only repeat its figures. Quinte West has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 27–42 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinte West Trenton | 26.5°C | −11.2°C | 941 mm |
| Colborne 27 km · Cobourg | 23.6°C 2.9°C cooler | −8.7°C 2.5°C milder | 941 mm |
| Tyendinaga 35 km · Centreville | 27.2°C 0.7°C warmer | −12.4°C 1.2°C colder | 984 mm |
| Norwood 42 km · Peterborough | 26.6°C about the same | −12.8°C 1.6°C colder | 840 mm |
Quinte West 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 | −1.6°C | −11.2°C | −6.4°C | 78 mm | 44 cm |
| February | −0.7°C | −10.6°C | −5.7°C | 60 mm | 39 cm |
| March | 4.4°C | −5.5°C | −0.6°C | 64 mm | 22 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | 0.9°C | 6.3°C | 84 mm | 6 cm |
| May | 18.9°C | 7.3°C | 13.1°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.9°C | 12.7°C | 18.3°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.5°C | 15.4°C | 21.0°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.6°C | 14.4°C | 20.0°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 10.1°C | 15.8°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.2°C | 4.2°C | 9.2°C | 91 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7.4°C | −1.5°C | 3.0°C | 84 mm | 10 cm |
| December | 1.4°C | −6.9°C | −2.8°C | 77 mm | 33 cm |
| Year | 12.8°C | 2.4°C | 7.6°C | 941 mm | 155 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.0°C; June the least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −25.6°C in 2003 and a high of 25.4°C in 1998.
Where Quinte West’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Trenton, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Quinte West’s climate
How warm does Quinte West get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 26.5°C.
How cold does Quinte West get in winter?
Lows sink to −11.2°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Quinte West get?
The yearly total is about 941 mm. September gets 92 mm, the most of any month; February gets 60 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 75 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Quinte West itself?
Yes, measured at Trenton, which sits inside Quinte West’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Quinte West →
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).