Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainGordon sits near the top of Canadian towns for snow: about 311 cm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.7°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 84% of Canadian towns. Rain and snow are spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, January, gets little more than the driest, February. Frost comes on about 181 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
No ECCC station in Gordon has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Aroostook, 27 km south-west, instead.
A year in Gordon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Gordon’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Gordon feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 181 frosts and 103 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 31 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,149 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 130 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
311 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 76 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Gordon
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Gordon’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Gordon’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Aroostook
Aroostook is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 27 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 80 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −40.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | St. Leonard, 40 km |
How Gordon 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 Gordon’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 12 km from Gordon, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Aroostook | 25.7°C | −17.5°C | 1,149 mm |
| Denmark 12 km · St. Leonard | 24.2°C 1.5°C cooler | −17.9°C about the same | 1,128 mm |
Gordon 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 | −6.1°C | −17.5°C | −11.8°C | 108 mm | 76 cm |
| February | −3.8°C | −16.7°C | −10.3°C | 81 mm | 67 cm |
| March | 2.3°C | −9.7°C | −3.7°C | 87 mm | 57 cm |
| April | 9.5°C | −2.2°C | 3.7°C | 81 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 18.0°C | 4.2°C | 11.1°C | 89 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.7°C | 9.1°C | 15.9°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.7°C | 12.9°C | 19.3°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.7°C | 11.8°C | 18.3°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 7.6°C | 13.9°C | 101 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 12.4°C | 1.6°C | 7.1°C | 102 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −3.8°C | 0.4°C | 94 mm | 27 cm |
| December | −2.2°C | −10.9°C | −6.6°C | 106 mm | 61 cm |
| Year | 10.7°C | −1.1°C | 4.8°C | 1,149 mm | 311 cm |
From −36.0°C to 24.5°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 3.1°C around −10.3°C) and June least (1.1°C).
Where Gordon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Aroostook (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Gordon’s climate
How warm does Gordon get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 25.7°C.
How cold does Gordon get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −17.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Gordon get?
The yearly total is about 1,149 mm. January gets 108 mm, the most of any month; February gets 81 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 138 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Gordon itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Aroostook, not in Gordon; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Gordon →
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).