Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPrecipitation in Kensington, Part 1 tops that of 92% of Canadian towns: 1,252 mm a year
January mornings start at about −11.3°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 35°C apart. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 70% of Canadian towns. Expect about 153 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
These are not Kensington, Part 1’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Summerside, 15 km west.
A year in Kensington, Part 1 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kensington, Part 1’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island beside it.
What a year in Kensington, Part 1 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 153 frosts and 87 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 6 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 1,252 mm a year
December brings the most rain and snow; July, the least. 3rd wettest of 12 towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island. Some 156 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Summerside publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from New Glasgow, 23 km away.
About 292 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to May; January brings the most, about 67 cm. 2nd snowiest of 12 towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Kensington, Part 1
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days.
Living with Kensington, Part 1’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
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 →Winter brings about 29 days with a wind chill below −20.
Summer brings about 28 days when the humidex passes 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Kensington, Part 1’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Summerside
Summerside is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 15 km west |
| Station altitude | 12 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | New Glasgow, 23 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −28.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.7°C |
| Average wind | 18.8 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | New Glasgow, 23 km |
How Kensington, Part 1 compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations on Prince Edward Island.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Kensington, Part 1’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Kensington, Part 1 with figures are 9–27 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington, Part 1 Summerside | 24.1°C | −11.3°C | 1,252 mm |
| New London 8.5 km · New Glasgow | 23.9°C about the same | −11.1°C about the same | 1,252 mm |
| Crapaud, Part 1 24 km · Elmwood | 23.7°C about the same | −11.0°C about the same | 1,290 mm |
Kensington, Part 1 weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.9°C | −11.3°C | −7.1°C | 111 mm | 67 cm |
| February | −2.6°C | −11.3°C | −7.0°C | 91 mm | 65 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −6.6°C | −2.7°C | 94 mm | 50 cm |
| April | 7.3°C | −0.8°C | 3.3°C | 86 mm | 24 cm |
| May | 14.3°C | 4.9°C | 9.6°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 19.7°C | 10.4°C | 15.1°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.1°C | 15.0°C | 19.6°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.8°C | 14.5°C | 19.2°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 10.4°C | 14.9°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 5.2°C | 9.1°C | 135 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.7°C | −0.1°C | 3.3°C | 130 mm | 19 cm |
| December | 0.9°C | −6.0°C | −2.5°C | 138 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 10.4°C | 2.0°C | 6.2°C | 1,252 mm | 292 cm |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.1°C; July the least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −23.0°C in 2008 to 25.2°C in 2012.
Where Kensington, Part 1’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Summerside: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Kensington, Part 1’s climate
How warm does Kensington, Part 1 get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 24.1°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Kensington, Part 1 get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −11.3°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Kensington, Part 1 get?
The yearly total is about 1,252 mm. December gets 138 mm, the most of any month; July gets 75 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Kensington, Part 1 itself?
Not as such: Summerside is the nearest normals location, and Kensington, Part 1 has none.
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