Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Precipitation in Norton tops that of 84% of Canadian towns: 1,152 mm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 25.7°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 39°C. About 129 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Borrowed figures: Norton has no normals station, so these come from Sussex/Four Corners, 25 km north-east.
A year in Norton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Norton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Norton feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 166 frosts and 108 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 12 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,152 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in January, the least in August.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 248 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from November to May, with about 66 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Norton
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.
Living with Norton’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 20 May and the first autumn frost around 26 September: about 128 frost-free days between.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Norton: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Sussex/Four Corners
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Sussex/Four Corners are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 25 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 21 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Saint John, 28 km |
How Norton compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in New Brunswick.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Norton’s would only repeat its figures.
Norton weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.5°C | −13.2°C | −7.9°C | 116 mm | 66 cm |
| February | −0.9°C | −12.1°C | −6.5°C | 82 mm | 46 cm |
| March | 3.4°C | −6.6°C | −1.6°C | 109 mm | 51 cm |
| April | 10.2°C | −0.5°C | 4.9°C | 81 mm | 19 cm |
| May | 17.3°C | 4.8°C | 11.1°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.6°C | 10.1°C | 16.4°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.7°C | 13.7°C | 19.7°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.3°C | 12.8°C | 19.1°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.8°C | 8.6°C | 14.7°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.8°C | 3.1°C | 8.5°C | 113 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.1°C | −1.6°C | 2.8°C | 112 mm | 14 cm |
| December | 1.0°C | −8.3°C | −3.6°C | 113 mm | 50 cm |
| Year | 12.0°C | 0.9°C | 6.5°C | 1,152 mm | 248 cm |
In March, anything from −27.0°C to 24.5°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.5°C of the normal, −7.9°C. August is the steadiest, within 0.7°C.
Where Norton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Sussex/Four Corners: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Norton’s climate
How warm does Norton get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.7°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Norton get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −13.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Norton get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,152 mm; the range runs from 64 mm in August to 116 mm in January.
Are these figures for Norton itself?
They are borrowed from Sussex/Four Corners, the nearest place to Norton where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Norton →
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).