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===Climate=== Kenora has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[KΓΆppen climate classification]] ''Dfb'') with warm summers and cold, dry winters.<ref name="geography" /> Its climate is influenced by continental air masses. Winters are cold with a January high of {{convert|-11|C}} and a low of {{convert|-21|C}}. Temperatures below {{convert|-20|C}} occur on 45 days.<ref name="climate" /> The average annual snowfall is {{convert|158|cm|abbr=on|0}}, which is lower than places to the east as it is influenced by the dry air of continental high-pressure zones, resulting in relatively dry winters.<ref name="geography">{{cite web |url= http://www.ubcpress.ca/books/pdf/chapters/ecology/chapter2.pdf |title= Physical Geography of Ontario |access-date= 30 September 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071217184751/http://www.ubcpress.ca/books/pdf/chapters/ecology/chapter2.pdf |archive-date= 17 December 2007 }}</ref> Summers are warm with a July high of {{convert|24|C}} and a low of {{convert|15|C|0}} and temperatures above {{convert|30|C|0}} occur on 5.3 days.<ref name="climate" /> The average annual precipitation is {{convert|662|mm|abbr=on|0}}, with most of it being concentrated in the summer months with June being the wettest month and February the driest.<ref name="climate" /> During the winter Kenora will get precipitation mostly in the form of snow, other forms of winter precipitation include ice, sleet, and freezing rain. Snow cover usually lasts from November to March, about 154 days or 42% of the year.<ref name="Longest snow cover season days">{{cite web|url=http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/winners/categorydata_e.html?SelectedCategory=30&submit=Submit |title=Longest snow cover season (days) |publisher=Environment Canada |access-date=22 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120050314/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/winners/categorydata_e.html?SelectedCategory=30&submit=Submit |archive-date=20 January 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> The city frequently gets late spring and summer thunderstorms, only on occasion severe, averaging 24 days a year with thunderstorm activity.<ref name="Most thunderstorm days">{{cite web|url=http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/winners/categorydata_e.html?SelectedCategory=35&submit=Submit |title=Most thunderstorm days |publisher=Environment Canada |access-date=10 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120050234/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/winners/categorydata_e.html?SelectedCategory=35&submit=Submit |archive-date=20 January 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> The highest temperature ever recorded in Kenora was {{convert|40.6|C}} on 11 July 1936.<ref name= "July 1936">{{cite web | publisher = [[Environment Canada]] | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1883-02-01%7C1939-03-31&mlyRange=1883-01-01%7C1939-12-01&StationID=3959&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=7&Day=14&txtStationName=kenora&timeframe=2&Year=1936 | title = July 1936 | work = Canadian Climate Data |date = 31 October 2011| access-date = 25 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160809041608/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1883-02-01%7C1939-03-31&mlyRange=1883-01-01%7C1939-12-01&StationID=3959&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=7&Day=14&txtStationName=kenora&timeframe=2&Year=1936 | archive-date = 9 August 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref> The coldest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|-43.9|C}} on 20 January 1943.<ref name= "climate"/> {{Weather box | location = [[Kenora Airport]], 1991β2020 normals, extremes 1899βpresent{{efn|Temperature data was recorded in the city of Kenora from October 1899 to March 1939, and at [[Kenora Airport]] from August 1938 to present.}} | metric first= Y | single line = Y | collapsed = | Jan maximum humidex = 9.0 | Feb maximum humidex = 10.7 | Mar maximum humidex = 27.1 | Apr maximum humidex = 30.0 | May maximum humidex = 39.3 | Jun maximum humidex = 41.2 | Jul maximum humidex = 43.2 | Aug maximum humidex = 41.6 | Sep maximum humidex = 41.6 | Oct maximum humidex = 28.9 | Nov maximum humidex = 19.7 | Dec maximum humidex = 8.7 | year maximum humidex = 43.2 | Jan record high C = 9.1 | Feb record high C = 8.8 | Mar record high C = 23.8 | Apr record high C = 30.6 | May record high C = 35.4 | Jun record high C = 37.2 | Jul record high C = 40.6 | Aug record high C = 35.0 | Sep record high C = 34.6 | Oct record high C = 26.7 | Nov record high C = 19.4 | Dec record high C = 9.4 | year record high C = 40.6 | Jan high C = β11.4 | Feb high C = β7.8 | Mar high C = β0.1 | Apr high C = 8.6 | May high C = 16.3 | Jun high C = 21.9 | Jul high C = 24.4 | Aug high C = 23.4 | Sep high C = 17.4 | Oct high C = 8.8 | Nov high C = β0.6 | Dec high C = β8.2 | year high C = 7.7 | Jan mean C = β15.8 | Feb mean C = β12.7 | Mar mean C = β5.2 | Apr mean C = 3.5 | May mean C = 11.0 | Jun mean C = 17.0 | Jul mean C = 19.6 | Aug mean C = 18.7 | Sep mean C = 13.1 | Oct mean C = 5.2 | Nov mean C = β3.8 | Dec mean C = β12.0 | year mean C = 3.2 | Jan low C = β20.1 | Feb low C = β17.6 | Mar low C = β10.3 | Apr low C = β1.7 | May low C = 5.7 | Jun low C = 12.0 | Jul low C = 14.9 | Aug low C = 13.9 | Sep low C = 8.6 | Oct low C = 1.7 | Nov low C = β6.9 | Dec low C = β16.0 | year low C = β1.3 | Jan record low C = β43.9 | Feb record low C = β43.3 | Mar record low C = β36.1 | Apr record low C = β27.2 | May record low C = β12.2 | Jun record low C = β1.1 | Jul record low C = 3.9 | Aug record low C = -1.7 | Sep record low C = β6.7 | Oct record low C = β20.0 | Nov record low C = β31.3 | Dec record low C = β41.1 | year record low C = β43.9 | Jan chill = β57.5 | Feb chill = β54.3 | Mar chill = β46.7 | Apr chill = β37.7 | May chill = β20.5 | Jun chill = β4.2 | Jul chill = 0.0 | Aug chill = 0.0 | Sep chill = β12.6 | Oct chill = β22.2 | Nov chill = β46.8 | Dec chill = β51.5 | year chill = β57.5 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 26.6 | Feb precipitation mm = 21.4 | Mar precipitation mm = 26.5 | Apr precipitation mm = 39.9 | May precipitation mm = 91.1 | Jun precipitation mm = 119.3 | Jul precipitation mm = 110.0 | Aug precipitation mm = 91.4 | Sep precipitation mm = 93.9 | Oct precipitation mm = 67.3 | Nov precipitation mm = 38.2 | Dec precipitation mm = 28.3 | year precipitation mm = 753.9 | rain colour = green | Jan rain mm = 0.8 | Feb rain mm = 2.8 | Mar rain mm = 7.9 | Apr rain mm = 23.9 | May rain mm = 86.7 | Jun rain mm = 119.2 | Jul rain mm = 110.0 | Aug rain mm = 93.3 | Sep rain mm = 93.5 | Oct rain mm = 53.2 | Nov rain mm = 12.3 | Dec rain mm = 1.2 | year rain mm = 604.8 | snow colour = green | Jan snow cm = 31.2 | Feb snow cm = 22.5 | Mar snow cm = 21.0 | Apr snow cm = 16.7 | May snow cm = 4.6 | Jun snow cm = 0.1 | Jul snow cm = 0.0 | Aug snow cm = 0.0 | Sep snow cm = 0.5 | Oct snow cm = 15.4 | Nov snow cm = 31.0 | Dec snow cm = 32.4 | year snow cm = 175.3 | unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm | unit rain days = 0.2 mm | unit snow days = 0.2 cm | Jan precipitation days = 13.6 | Feb precipitation days = 11.0 | Mar precipitation days = 10.6 | Apr precipitation days = 9.6 | May precipitation days = 13.5 | Jun precipitation days = 14.5 | Jul precipitation days = 13.5 | Aug precipitation days = 12.2 | Sep precipitation days = 14.2 | Oct precipitation days = 14.0 | Nov precipitation days = 13.9 | Dec precipitation days = 15.5 | year precipitation days = 156.2 | Jan rain days = 0.60 | Feb rain days = 1.0 | Mar rain days = 3.0 | Apr rain days = 6.0 | May rain days = 12.7 | Jun rain days = 14.5 | Jul rain days = 13.5 | Aug rain days = 12.5 | Sep rain days = 14.0 | Oct rain days = 10.3 | Nov rain days = 3.3 | Dec rain days = 0.92 | year rain days = 92.3 | Jan snow days = 14.2 | Feb snow days = 11.0 | Mar snow days = 9.0 | Apr snow days = 5.3 | May snow days = 1.6 | Jun snow days = 0.13 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.50 | Oct snow days = 6.0 | Nov snow days = 13.2 | Dec snow days = 15.7 | year snow days = 76.5 | time day = 15:00 | Jan humidity = 71.6 | Feb humidity = 62.0 | Mar humidity = 54.9 | Apr humidity = 45.4 | May humidity = 48.7 | Jun humidity = 53.6 | Jul humidity = 54.4 | Aug humidity = 55.0 | Sep humidity = 60.4 | Oct humidity = 66.0 | Nov humidity = 73.7 | Dec humidity = 77.2 | year humidity = 60.2 | source 1 = [[Environment Canada]]<ref name= "climate">{{cite web| publisher = [[Environment Canada]]| url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=ON&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=178000000&dispBack=0| title = Kenora Airport| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1991β2020| access-date = Jun 11, 2024}}</ref><ref name="July 1936"/> Extremes for Kenora 1899-1939<ref name= "Kenora 1899-1939">{{cite web|publisher=[[Environment Canada]]|url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=kenora&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=1936&Year=2016&Month=6&Day=14&selRowPerPage=25|title=Kenora 1899-1939|work=Canadian Climate Data|access-date=March 28, 2016|date=2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809043238/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=kenora&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=1936&Year=2016&Month=6&Day=14&selRowPerPage=25|archive-date=August 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> }}
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