Photo: Skaarup.HA · CC BY-SA 4.0Precipitation in Chipman tops that of 90% of Canadian towns: 1,210 mm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −16.0°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 75% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 42°C. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Chipman itself; the figures are those of Doaktown, 47 km north-west.
A year in Chipman at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Chipman’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Chipman feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 188 frosts and 102 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 26 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,210 mm of rain and snow a year
November brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 9th wettest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick. Some 135 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 312 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 82 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Chipman
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Chipman’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
From about 27 May to 19 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 114 days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Chipman’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Doaktown
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Doaktown are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 47 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 57 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Sussex/Four Corners, 57 km |
How Chipman compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in New Brunswick.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Chipman’s would only repeat its figures. Chipman has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–43 km out.
Chipman weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.6°C | −16.0°C | −10.3°C | 111 mm | 82 cm |
| February | −2.9°C | −15.7°C | −9.3°C | 84 mm | 63 cm |
| March | 2.1°C | −9.6°C | −3.8°C | 99 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 8.9°C | −2.4°C | 3.3°C | 88 mm | 19 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 3.7°C | 10.5°C | 102 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.7°C | 9.2°C | 16.0°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.8°C | 13.0°C | 19.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 11.8°C | 18.5°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 7.3°C | 13.8°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.7°C | 1.6°C | 7.2°C | 114 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.3°C | −3.4°C | 1.0°C | 116 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −1.2°C | −10.4°C | −5.8°C | 108 mm | 61 cm |
| Year | 11.0°C | −0.9°C | 5.0°C | 1,210 mm | 312 cm |
A March here can run from −34.0°C to 19.0°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 2.5°C of its normal of −9.3°C; August keeps to within 0.9°C.
Where Chipman’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Doaktown, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Chipman’s climate
How warm does Chipman get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 25.8°C.
How cold does Chipman get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −16.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Chipman get?
A normal year brings 1,210 mm, snow included as water: November is wettest at 116 mm, February driest at 84 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 144 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Chipman itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Doaktown, not in Chipman; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Chipman →
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).