Summer arrives in force in Kirkland, hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −13.5°C. A year here swings 40°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 74% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 146 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
ECCC publishes no normals for Kirkland itself; the figures are those of Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 9.6 km east.
A year in Kirkland at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kirkland’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Kirkland feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 146 frosts and 121 warm days a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 12 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,041 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in October, the least in February. Some 122 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
217 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 52 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Kirkland
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. Homes here need less heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kirkland’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 29 April until frost returns near 14 October: about 167 days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 40 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 50 a year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Kirkland’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Montréal Trudeau (Airport)
ECCC builds the Montréal Trudeau (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 9.6 km east |
| Station altitude | 36 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.6°C |
| Average wind | 15.4 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Lachute, 42 km |
How Kirkland 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 Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Kirkland’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 19–29 km from Kirkland.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkland Montréal Trudeau (Airport) | 26.7°C | −13.5°C | 1,041 mm |
| Kanesatake 19 km · Lachute | 26.5°C about the same | −14.7°C 1.2°C colder | 1,178 mm |
| Saint-Rémi 29 km · L'Acadie | 26.6°C about the same | −13.6°C about the same | 1,041 mm |
Kirkland weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.0°C | −13.5°C | −9.2°C | 86 mm | 52 cm |
| February | −3.4°C | −12.4°C | −8.0°C | 66 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 2.4°C | −6.5°C | −2.0°C | 77 mm | 37 cm |
| April | 11.3°C | 1.1°C | 6.2°C | 90 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 19.4°C | 8.3°C | 13.9°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.2°C | 13.8°C | 19.0°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.7°C | 16.7°C | 21.7°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 15.6°C | 20.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.1°C | 10.9°C | 16.0°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 4.5°C | 8.9°C | 103 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.1°C | −1.7°C | 2.3°C | 84 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −1.2°C | −8.7°C | −5.0°C | 92 mm | 48 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 2.3°C | 7.0°C | 1,041 mm | 217 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (3.0°C), June least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −26.9°C in 1992 and a high of 25.8°C in 2012.
Where Kirkland’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Montréal Trudeau (Airport) (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Kirkland’s climate
How warm does Kirkland get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 26.7°C.
How cold does Kirkland get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Kirkland get?
1,041 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is October (103 mm); the driest, February (66 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 101 days a year.
Are these figures for Kirkland itself?
Not directly: Kirkland has no ECCC normals of its own, and Montréal Trudeau (Airport) stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kirkland →
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).