Reservoir · Quebec · Canada

Lac Saint-Jean

Name: Lac Saint-Jean
Address: CAN

Kite days stay under 30 % in every month.

A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.

JJan17cold
FFeb18cold
MMar27cold
AApr26cold
MMay22Possible
JJun12Off
JJul8Off
AAug9Off
SSep15Off
OOct18Offnow
NNov25cold
DDec19cold

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
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Ringed: this month

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Confidence lowLake or river spot: global weather models underestimate local thermal winds here.

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Month by month

MonthKite days% of days, verdictGood yearsof 0, reached 50 %

Kite days
18 % Offabout 6 of 31 days
Too light, kiteable, too strong
Too light 82 %
Kiteable 18 %
Too strong 0 %
Best hours
10:00 to 15:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
Daylight
10.9 h
Air
12 °Cdaily maximum, 10 °C during kite hours
Rain
14 of 31with 1 mm or more
In one sentence
In October, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (18 %).

Lac Saint-Jean

Kite days% of days	17	18	27	26	22	12	8	9	15	18	25	19
Verdictshare plus good years	cold	cold	cold	cold	Possible	Off	Off	Off	Off	Off	cold	cold
Good yearsof 0, reached 50 %	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn	11 to 15	10 to 14	10 to 18	10 to 17	10 to 16	11 to 17	·	·	11 to 15	10 to 15	10 to 14	10 to 15
Daylighth	8.8	10.2	11.9	13.7	15.2	16.0	15.7	14.3	12.6	10.9	9.3	8.4
Air°C, daily maximum	-9	-7	-1	7	15	21	24	23	19	12	2	-5
Rain days1 mm or more	12 of 31	11 of 28	12 of 31	13 of 30	12 of 31	14 of 30	15 of 31	15 of 31	12 of 30	14 of 31	15 of 30	13 of 31

In January, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 5 kite days out of 31 (17 %).
In February, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 5 kite days out of 28 (18 %).
In March, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (27 %).
In April, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 8 kite days out of 30 (26 %).
In May, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 7 kite days out of 31 (22 %).
In June, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 3 kite days out of 30 (12 %).
In July, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 3 kite days out of 31 (8 %).
In August, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 3 kite days out of 31 (9 %).
In September, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 4 kite days out of 30 (15 %).
In October, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (18 %).
In November, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 8 kite days out of 30 (25 %).
In December, Lac Saint-Jean averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (19 %).

Good years are not shown here: this spot has no complete per year values, because the two models drift apart over the years. Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.

Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds

Trip odds at Lac Saint-Jean

Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on.

How the wind behaves

In March, the windiest month

Too light 73 %
Kiteable 27 %
Too strong 0 %

Too light on 73 %, kiteable on 27 %, too strong on 0 % of days.

Best hours: 10:00 to 18:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.

Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors

Wind mostly from WNW (293°), fairly steady direction.

Kitesurfing at Lac Saint-Jean: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf at Lac Saint-Jean?

No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is March, when 27 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.

Is Lac Saint-Jean windy in October?

Rarely. 18 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 6 days in a typical October.

How many kite days does Lac Saint-Jean get in a year?

About 66 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.

Live forecast

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Spot facts

Region: Quebec
Country: Canada
Water body: Reservoir, from Natural Earth map data
Nearest airport: Roberval Airport (YRJ), 35 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
Time zone: UTC-04:00 in October
Coordinates: 48.4836, -71.7975
Model: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly

Conditions, checked against kite guides

Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.

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Nearby kite spots in Quebec

Kite days in October, % of days

La Fleche
Canada · 5 points fewer kite days than Lac Saint-Jean in October
13 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at La Fleche: Jan 10 %, Feb 19 %, Mar 23 %, Apr 23 %, May 17 %, Jun 10 %, Jul 4 %, Aug 4 %, Sep 7 %, Oct 13 %, Nov 12 %, Dec 14 %
L'Isle-aux-Coudres
Canada · 6 points fewer kite days than Lac Saint-Jean in October
12 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at L'Isle-aux-Coudres: Jan 10 %, Feb 13 %, Mar 14 %, Apr 14 %, May 9 %, Jun 9 %, Jul 4 %, Aug 5 %, Sep 9 %, Oct 12 %, Nov 13 %, Dec 12 %
Beauport Bay
Canada · 11 points fewer kite days than Lac Saint-Jean in October
7 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Beauport Bay: Jan 13 %, Feb 13 %, Mar 13 %, Apr 23 %, May 12 %, Jun 10 %, Jul 5 %, Aug 3 %, Sep 5 %, Oct 7 %, Nov 11 %, Dec 12 %
Pointe aux Outardes
Canada · 12 points more kite days than Lac Saint-Jean in October
30 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Pointe aux Outardes: Jan 26 %, Feb 35 %, Mar 39 %, Apr 39 %, May 31 %, Jun 30 %, Jul 22 %, Aug 19 %, Sep 22 %, Oct 30 %, Nov 36 %, Dec 32 %
Place de Ste-Luce
Canada · 20 points more kite days than Lac Saint-Jean in October
38 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Place de Ste-Luce: Jan 44 %, Feb 48 %, Mar 50 %, Apr 51 %, May 40 %, Jun 41 %, Jul 32 %, Aug 30 %, Sep 34 %, Oct 38 %, Nov 52 %, Dec 48 %
Plage Cartier
Canada · 15 points more kite days than Lac Saint-Jean in October
33 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Plage Cartier: Jan 42 %, Feb 47 %, Mar 42 %, Apr 40 %, May 27 %, Jun 23 %, Jul 23 %, Aug 20 %, Sep 31 %, Oct 33 %, Nov 46 %, Dec 47 %
Iles-de-la-Madeleine
Canada · 54 points more kite days than Lac Saint-Jean in October
72 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Iles-de-la-Madeleine: Jan 80 %, Feb 79 %, Mar 80 %, Apr 76 %, May 68 %, Jun 64 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 63 %, Sep 72 %, Oct 72 %, Nov 78 %, Dec 77 %

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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025

Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Confidence: low.

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In October, 18 % of days at Lac Saint-Jean met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/lac-saint-jean

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