Few Canadian towns get more snow than Shippagan: about 343 cm a year
January nights here settle around −12.7°C. October is the wettest month, February the driest. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 72% of Canadian towns. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to September brings highs of 19–24°C.
Shippagan has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Bas Caraquet, 12 km west.
A year in Shippagan at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Shippagan’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Shippagan feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 164 days, 20°C on 81
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 9 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
984 mm of precipitation in a typical year
57th wettest of 60 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick. On about 123 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 343 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; February is the peak, at about 84 cm. The snowiest of 60 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Shippagan
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year.
Living with Shippagan’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 17 May until frost returns near 13 October: about 148 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Expect around 42 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Roughly 25 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Shippagan’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Bas Caraquet
Bas Caraquet is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 12 km west |
| Station altitude | 5 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.8°C |
| Average wind | 16.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Miscou Island, 25 km |
How Shippagan 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
Places around Shippagan whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 48–58 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Shippagan.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shippagan Bas Caraquet | 23.6°C | −12.7°C | 984 mm |
| Port-Daniel--Gascons 48 km · New Carlisle | 22.7°C 0.9°C cooler | −14.2°C 1.5°C colder | 1,095 mm |
| Chandler 58 km · Miscou Island | 22.3°C 1.3°C cooler | −11.8°C 0.9°C milder | 1,161 mm |
Shippagan 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 | −5.2°C | −12.7°C | −9.0°C | 71 mm | 72 cm |
| February | −4.7°C | −13.2°C | −9.0°C | 69 mm | 84 cm |
| March | 0.2°C | −8.2°C | −4.0°C | 74 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 6.1°C | −1.8°C | 2.2°C | 70 mm | 26 cm |
| May | 13.9°C | 4.1°C | 9.0°C | 84 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 19.9°C | 10.0°C | 15.0°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.6°C | 14.3°C | 19.0°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.2°C | 13.9°C | 18.6°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.7°C | 9.8°C | 14.2°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.6°C | 4.2°C | 8.0°C | 110 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.0°C | −1.2°C | 1.9°C | 93 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −1.0°C | −7.1°C | −4.1°C | 90 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 9.3°C | 1.0°C | 5.2°C | 984 mm | 343 cm |
In March, anything from −25.3°C to 20.2°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.5°C around −9.0°C), August the one that wanders least (±0.9°C).
Where Shippagan’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Bas Caraquet from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Shippagan’s climate
How warm does Shippagan get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23.6°C.
How cold does Shippagan get in winter?
In February, the coldest month, the typical low is −13.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Shippagan get?
Precipitation totals 984 mm a year, with October the wettest month (110 mm) and February the driest (69 mm).
Are these figures for Shippagan itself?
Not quite: they come from Bas Caraquet, the closest ECCC normals location to Shippagan.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Shippagan →
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).