Summer afternoons in Hinchinbrooke are warmer than in 78% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −13.0°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 78% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is October; the driest is February. About 141 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Hinchinbrooke is St-Anicet, 22 km north-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Hinchinbrooke at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hinchinbrooke’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Hinchinbrooke feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 147 frosts and 121 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. Some 13 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 1,047 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 170 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 44 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Hinchinbrooke
93% 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. By this count, homes here need less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Hinchinbrooke’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Count on about 161 frost-free days: the last frost averages 28 April, the first 7 October.
For long days outdoors, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 36 days a year.
Summer brings about 60 days when the humidex passes 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Hinchinbrooke’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St-Anicet
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for St-Anicet are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 22 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 53 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Average wind | 10.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Cornwall, 49 km |
How Hinchinbrooke compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Hinchinbrooke whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 30–35 km from Hinchinbrooke.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinchinbrooke St-Anicet | 26.7°C | −13.0°C | 1,047 mm |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement 30 km · Montréal Trudeau (Airport) | 26.7°C about the same | −13.5°C 0.5°C colder | 1,041 mm |
| Saint-Chrysostome 30 km · L'Acadie | 26.6°C about the same | −13.6°C 0.6°C colder | 1,041 mm |
| Akwesasne 34 km · Cornwall | 27.3°C 0.6°C warmer | −11.8°C 1.2°C milder | 1,006 mm |
Hinchinbrooke weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.1°C | −13.0°C | −8.7°C | 73 mm | 44 cm |
| February | −2.7°C | −12.1°C | −7.5°C | 59 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.8°C | −6.2°C | −1.6°C | 67 mm | 33 cm |
| April | 11.3°C | 1.6°C | 6.6°C | 97 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.5°C | 8.5°C | 14.0°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.3°C | 13.8°C | 19.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.7°C | 16.2°C | 21.2°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.8°C | 15.0°C | 20.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 11.0°C | 16.2°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.0°C | 4.9°C | 9.5°C | 109 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.6°C | −1.0°C | 3.0°C | 81 mm | 10 cm |
| December | −0.3°C | −7.6°C | −4.2°C | 77 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 12.1°C | 2.6°C | 7.3°C | 1,047 mm | 170 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 3.2°C, more than any month, and August least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −29.0°C (2014) and 27.0°C (2012).
Where Hinchinbrooke’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at St-Anicet, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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, 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 Hinchinbrooke’s climate
How warm does Hinchinbrooke get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 26.7°C.
How cold does Hinchinbrooke get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −13.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Hinchinbrooke get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,047 mm of water a year; October brings the most (109 mm), February the least (59 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow cover of 1 cm or more lasts about 110 days in a typical year.
Are these figures for Hinchinbrooke itself?
They describe St-Anicet, the nearest normals location, rather than Hinchinbrooke itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hinchinbrooke →
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).