Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFew Canadian towns have cooler summers than Elgin
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −11.8°C. Some 34°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 96% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 154 days a year at 0°C or below.
ECCC publishes no normals for Elgin itself; the figures are those of Alma/Fundy Park, 28 km south-east.
A year in Elgin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Elgin’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Elgin feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 154 days, 20°C on 75
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 6 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,529 mm a year
The most falls in October, the least in August. The wettest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick. Some 128 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
248 cm of snow in a typical year
From November to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 66 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Alma/Fundy Park publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Sussex/Four Corners, 37 km away.
Heating a home in Elgin
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together.
Living with Elgin’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Elgin’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Alma/Fundy Park
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Alma/Fundy Park are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 28 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 43 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Sussex/Four Corners, 37 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Sussex/Four Corners, 37 km |
How Elgin compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in New Brunswick.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Elgin’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 14–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Elgin.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin Alma/Fundy Park | 22.4°C | −11.8°C | 1,529 mm |
| Petitcodiac 14 km · Sussex/Four Corners | 25.7°C 3.3°C warmer | −13.2°C 1.4°C colder | 1,152 mm |
| Salisbury 21 km · Moncton | 25.1°C 2.7°C warmer | −13.3°C 1.5°C colder | 1,203 mm |
Elgin weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.8°C | −11.8°C | −6.8°C | 146 mm | 66 cm |
| February | −0.9°C | −11.1°C | −6.1°C | 108 mm | 46 cm |
| March | 3.0°C | −6.0°C | −1.5°C | 147 mm | 51 cm |
| April | 8.7°C | −0.4°C | 4.2°C | 116 mm | 19 cm |
| May | 14.8°C | 4.6°C | 9.7°C | 118 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 19.1°C | 9.0°C | 14.1°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.4°C | 12.5°C | 17.5°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 12.8°C | 17.7°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 9.4°C | 14.3°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 4.1°C | 8.7°C | 155 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.4°C | −0.6°C | 3.4°C | 145 mm | 14 cm |
| December | 1.9°C | −6.7°C | −2.4°C | 153 mm | 50 cm |
| Year | 10.8°C | 1.3°C | 6.1°C | 1,529 mm | 248 cm |
In January, anything from −31.0°C to 14.1°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.3°C of the normal, −6.8°C. August is the steadiest, within 0.7°C.
Where Elgin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Alma/Fundy Park, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Elgin’s climate
How warm does Elgin get in summer?
Highs reach 22.5°C on an average August day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Elgin get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −11.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Elgin get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,529 mm; the range runs from 84 mm in August to 155 mm in October.
Are these figures for Elgin itself?
Not as such: Alma/Fundy Park is the nearest normals location, and Elgin has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Elgin →
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).