Kinkora is wetter than 92% of Canadian towns: 1,252 mm of rain and snow a year
July afternoons average 24.1°C. The wettest month is December; the driest is July. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 70% of Canadian towns. About 156 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Kinkora has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Summerside, 19 km north-west.
A year in Kinkora at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kinkora’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island beside it.
What a year in Kinkora feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
153 frost days and 87 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 6 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
About 1,252 mm of rain and snow a year
3rd wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island.
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.
Snowfall: about 292 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to May; January brings the most, about 67 cm. 2nd snowiest of 13 towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Kinkora
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year.
Living with Kinkora’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 29 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 28 days a year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Kinkora’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Summerside
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Summerside are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 19 km north-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 Kinkora compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used on Prince Edward Island.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Kinkora’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinkora Summerside | 24.1°C | −11.3°C | 1,252 mm |
| Kensington 9.7 km · Summerside | 24.1°C about the same | −11.3°C about the same | 1,252 mm |
| New London 13 km · New Glasgow | 23.9°C about the same | −11.1°C about the same | 1,252 mm |
| Crapaud, Part 1 16 km · Elmwood | 23.7°C about the same | −11.0°C about the same | 1,290 mm |
Kinkora 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 |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.1°C; the steadiest month is July
March has the widest record range, −23.0°C in 2008 to 25.2°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Kinkora’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Summerside from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Kinkora’s climate
How warm does Kinkora get in summer?
Highs reach 24.1°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Kinkora get in winter?
January nights average −11.3°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Kinkora get?
About 1,252 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. December is the wettest month (138 mm) and July the driest (75 mm).
Are these figures for Kinkora itself?
Not exactly. Kinkora lacks a normals station, so Summerside supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kinkora →
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).