Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHardly any Canadian towns see more snow than Glenelg, with about 312 cm a year
January mornings start at about −15.3°C. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 80% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 41°C. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 20–26°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Glenelg itself; the figures are those of Miramichi, 18 km west.
A year in Glenelg at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Glenelg’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Glenelg feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 177 frosts and 101 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 21 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 1,083 mm of rain and snow a year
October brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 124 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 312 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 82 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Doaktown, 82 km away (Miramichi records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Glenelg
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total.
Living with Glenelg’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
From about 23 May to 5 October the garden is usually clear of frost, some 133 days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Expect around 42 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
On some 36 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Glenelg: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Miramichi
ECCC builds the Miramichi normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 18 km west |
| Station altitude | 33 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Doaktown, 82 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.2°C |
| Average wind | 12.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Kouchibougauac, 28 km |
How Glenelg 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Glenelg’s own would show the same figures). The nearest place to Glenelg with figures is 22 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenelg Miramichi | 25.5°C | −15.3°C | 1,083 mm |
| Hardwicke 22 km · Kouchibougauac | 25.8°C about the same | −14.1°C 1.2°C milder | 1,240 mm |
Glenelg weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.3°C | −15.3°C | −9.8°C | 87 mm | 82 cm |
| February | −3.0°C | −14.8°C | −8.9°C | 72 mm | 63 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −8.8°C | −3.4°C | 94 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 8.6°C | −2.0°C | 3.3°C | 84 mm | 19 cm |
| May | 16.3°C | 4.0°C | 10.2°C | 97 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.0°C | 9.8°C | 15.9°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 13.8°C | 19.6°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.8°C | 12.9°C | 18.8°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.2°C | 8.3°C | 14.3°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.7°C | 2.5°C | 7.6°C | 113 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | −2.9°C | 1.3°C | 93 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −0.8°C | −9.6°C | −5.2°C | 89 mm | 61 cm |
| Year | 10.8°C | −0.2°C | 5.3°C | 1,083 mm | 312 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 2.5°C, more than any month, and August least
March has the widest record range, −31.4°C in 1997 to 26.3°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Glenelg’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Miramichi, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Glenelg’s climate
How warm does Glenelg get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.5°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Glenelg get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −15.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Glenelg get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,083 mm a year; October leads with 113 mm and February trails with 72 mm.
Are these figures for Glenelg itself?
They come from Miramichi, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Glenelg.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Glenelg →
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).