Wet weather: 1,178 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Vankleek Hill, more than on 88% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 26.5°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 41°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 67% of Canadian towns. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 21–27°C.
No ECCC station in Vankleek Hill has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Lachute, 28 km east, instead.
A year in Vankleek Hill at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Vankleek Hill’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Vankleek Hill feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 159 days, 20°C on 115
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 19 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,178 mm a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. The wettest of 871 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario. Some 143 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 218 cm in a normal year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 56 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Vankleek Hill
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C.
Living with Vankleek Hill’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plant out after about 12 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 3 October, leaving roughly 143 days without frost.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Vankleek Hill’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lachute
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Lachute, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 28 km east |
| Station altitude | 91 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −36.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | St-Anicet, 55 km |
How Vankleek Hill 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 Vankleek Hill’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Vankleek Hill with figures are 25–30 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vankleek Hill Lachute | 26.5°C | −14.7°C | 1,178 mm |
| Wendover 25 km · Angers | 26.2°C about the same | −16.5°C 1.8°C colder | 1,178 mm |
| Alexandria 30 km · Cornwall | 27.3°C 0.8°C warmer | −11.8°C 2.9°C milder | 1,006 mm |
Vankleek Hill weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.5°C | −14.7°C | −10.2°C | 97 mm | 56 cm |
| February | −3.6°C | −13.6°C | −8.3°C | 72 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 2.4°C | −7.2°C | −2.5°C | 74 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 11.0°C | 0.5°C | 5.9°C | 100 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.4°C | 7.4°C | 13.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.1°C | 12.6°C | 18.4°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.5°C | 15.1°C | 20.5°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 14.3°C | 19.8°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.8°C | 9.9°C | 15.4°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.8°C | 3.7°C | 8.4°C | 120 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.2°C | −2.3°C | 1.6°C | 93 mm | 17 cm |
| December | −1.9°C | −9.5°C | −6.0°C | 94 mm | 53 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | 1.4°C | 6.4°C | 1,178 mm | 218 cm |
March: −30.5°C at its coldest, 26.5°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 3.2°C around its normal of −10.2°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Vankleek Hill’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Lachute (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Vankleek Hill’s climate
How warm does Vankleek Hill get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 26.5°C.
How cold does Vankleek Hill get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Vankleek Hill get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,178 mm: 120 mm in October, the wettest month, and 72 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 128 days a year.
Are these figures for Vankleek Hill itself?
No, they come from Lachute; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Vankleek Hill itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Vankleek Hill →
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).