More rain and snow fall on Kanesatake than on 88% of Canadian towns: 1,178 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −14.7°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 67% of Canadian towns. Seasons differ by 41°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 143 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Borrowed figures: Kanesatake has no normals station, so these come from Lachute, 25 km north-west.
A year in Kanesatake at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kanesatake’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Kanesatake feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 159 days, 20°C on 115
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 19 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
1,178 mm of precipitation in a typical year
October is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 218 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 56 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Kanesatake
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C.
Living with Kanesatake’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Count on about 143 frost-free days: the last frost averages 12 May, the first 3 October.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Kanesatake’s.
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 | 25 km north-west |
| 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 | Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 28 km |
How Kanesatake 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Kanesatake’s own would show the same figures).
Kanesatake 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 |
In March, anything from −30.5°C to 26.5°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 3.2°C of its normal of −10.2°C; August keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Kanesatake’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Lachute: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Kanesatake’s climate
How warm does Kanesatake get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 26.5°C.
How cold does Kanesatake get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Kanesatake get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,178 mm; the range runs from 72 mm in February to 120 mm in October.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 128 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Kanesatake itself?
No: Kanesatake has no normals location, so the figures come from Lachute, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kanesatake →
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).