Photo: Laurent Bélanger · CC BY-SA 3.0Wentworth-Nord is wetter than 88% of Canadian towns: 1,178 mm of rain and snow a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −14.7°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 41°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 67% of Canadian towns. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Wentworth-Nord has no normals station, so these come from Lachute, 24 km south.
A year in Wentworth-Nord at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wentworth-Nord’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Wentworth-Nord 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
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 19 nights a year.
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
The most falls in October, the least in February. Some 143 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 218 cm in a normal 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 Wentworth-Nord
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C.
Living with Wentworth-Nord’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 143 days, roughly 12 May to 3 October.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Wentworth-Nord’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lachute
Lachute is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 24 km south |
| 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 | St-Jovite, 27 km |
How Wentworth-Nord compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Wentworth-Nord’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest place to Wentworth-Nord with figures is 12 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wentworth-Nord Lachute | 26.5°C | −14.7°C | 1,178 mm |
| Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard 12 km · St-Jovite | 25.3°C 1.2°C cooler | −18.3°C 3.6°C colder | 1,178 mm |
Wentworth-Nord weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| 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 |
A March here can run 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 Wentworth-Nord’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Lachute (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Wentworth-Nord’s climate
How warm does Wentworth-Nord get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.5°C.
How cold does Wentworth-Nord get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Wentworth-Nord get?
A normal year brings 1,178 mm, snow included as water: October is wettest at 120 mm, February driest at 72 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 128 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Wentworth-Nord itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Lachute, not in Wentworth-Nord; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wentworth-Nord →
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).