Reservoir · Quebec · Canada
Lake Baskatong
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.
- Prime 60 % and more
- Good 40 to 59 %
- Possible 20 to 39 %
- Off under 20 %
- No data hatched
- 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.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 12 % Offabout 4 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 88 %
- Kiteable 12 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Best hours
- 12:00 to 16:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 10.9 h
- Air
- 13 °Cdaily maximum, 11 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 14 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Lake Baskatong averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (12 %).
| Kite days% of days | 8 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | cold | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | cold | cold |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | · | 11 to 16 | 12 to 18 | 10 to 16 | · | · | · | · | · | 12 to 16 | 10 to 16 | 10 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 13.6 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | -6 | -5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 3 | -3 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 11 of 31 | 13 of 28 | 12 of 31 | 13 of 30 | 12 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 13 of 31 | 13 of 31 | 11 of 30 | 14 of 31 | 16 of 30 | 15 of 31 |
- In January, Lake Baskatong averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (8 %).
- In February, Lake Baskatong averaged 3 kite days out of 28 (11 %).
- In March, Lake Baskatong averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (14 %).
- In April, Lake Baskatong averaged 5 kite days out of 30 (16 %).
- In May, Lake Baskatong averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (7 %).
- In June, Lake Baskatong averaged 2 kite days out of 30 (6 %).
- In July, Lake Baskatong averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (4 %).
- In August, Lake Baskatong averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (4 %).
- In September, Lake Baskatong averaged 2 kite days out of 30 (7 %).
- In October, Lake Baskatong averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (12 %).
- In November, Lake Baskatong averaged 6 kite days out of 30 (19 %).
- In December, Lake Baskatong averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (13 %).
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. 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 Lake Baskatong
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 November, the windiest month
- Too light 81 %
- Kiteable 19 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 81 %, kiteable on 19 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 10:00 to 16:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind mostly from NW (315°), fairly steady direction.
Kitesurfing at Lake Baskatong: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Lake Baskatong?
Lake Baskatong rarely gets kiteable wind in the model data: every month stays under 20 % kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Lake Baskatong windy in October?
Rarely. 12 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 4 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Lake Baskatong get in a year?
About 36 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
The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.
Live forecast from Windy
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Spot facts
- Region
- Quebec
- Country
- Canada
- Water body
- Reservoir, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Ottawa / Gatineau Airport (YND), 144 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC-04:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 46.7982, -75.8640
- 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.
Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.
Nearby kite spots in Quebec
Kite days in October, % of days
- Beauport Bay
Canada · 5 points fewer kite days than Lake Baskatong in October
7 %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 % - La Fleche
Canada · 1 point more kite days than Lake Baskatong in October
13 %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 · same kite days as Lake Baskatong in October
12 %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 % - Place de Ste-Luce
Canada · 26 points more kite days than Lake Baskatong in October
38 %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 % - Pointe aux Outardes
Canada · 18 points more kite days than Lake Baskatong in October
30 %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 % - Plage Cartier
Canada · 21 points more kite days than Lake Baskatong in October
33 %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 · 60 points more kite days than Lake Baskatong in October
72 %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, 12 % of days at Lake Baskatong 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/lake-baskatong
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