Quinte West climate — normals and trends
Quinte West (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 918 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Quinte West averages 136 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Quinte West has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 143 to 129 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 8 July 1988) and the coldest -35.0 °C (on 4 January 1981).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Quinte WestOntario
- coords
- 44.18°, -77.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
918mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
28.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
136 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
117.1 cm
Average feels-like high
10.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.1 °C
Average peak gust
39.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
37.8 °C
8 July 1988
Coldest day
-35.0 °C
4 January 1981
Wettest day
95 mm
9 September 2004
Windiest day
44.6 km/h
14 February 1946
Strongest gust
110.9 km/h
4 April 2018
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
1 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-40.9 °C
4 January 1981
Snowiest day
25.6 cm
17 January 2022
Sunniest day
15.0 h
16 June 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 44 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | -2.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 76 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 5.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 109 mm | +38 mm |
| Apr | 11.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 86 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | -0.6 °C | 112 mm | +29 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 49 mm | -33 mm |
| Jul | 28.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 53 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 26.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 45 mm | -35 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 35 mm | -48 mm |
| Oct | 15.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 73 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 5.3 °C | -1.4 °C | 63 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | -0.9 °C | -0.9 °C | 99 mm | +24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Quinte West?
Quinte West has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 918 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Quinte West?
The hottest day measured in Quinte West between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1988, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Quinte West?
The coldest day measured in Quinte West between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1981, at -35.0 °C.
Does it snow in Quinte West?
Yes. Quinte West gets on average 117.1 cm of snow per year and has around 136 frost days.
Has the climate of Quinte West warmed?
Yes: Quinte West warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Quinte West?
The wettest day measured in Quinte West between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 2004, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Quinte West?
The windiest day measured in Quinte West between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1946, with winds reaching 44.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Quinte West?
The warmest month in Quinte West is July (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Quinte West?
Quinte West receives on average 918 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Quinte West?
Quinte West gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Quinte West?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Quinte West between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 2022, with 25.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Quinte West?
Yes: Quinte West has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Quinte West?
In Quinte West, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 1 August 1975, and the lowest was -40.9 °C on 4 January 1981.
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