Photo: Marinadeshippagan · Public domainFew Canadian towns get more snow than Shippagan: about 343 cm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −12.7°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 37°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 72% of Canadian towns. From June to September, highs of 19–24°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Shippagan has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Bas Caraquet, 11 km north-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.
About 164 frosts and 81 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 9 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
984 mm of precipitation in a typical year
October brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 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
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in February (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.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C.
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 →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 42 days a year.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 25 days a year.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Shippagan’s.
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 | 11 km north-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, 35 km |
How Shippagan 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
Places around Shippagan whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Shippagan with figures are 43–60 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shippagan Bas Caraquet | 23.6°C | −12.7°C | 984 mm |
| New Bandon 43 km · New Carlisle | 22.7°C 0.9°C cooler | −14.2°C 1.5°C colder | 1,095 mm |
| Neguac 60 km · Miramichi | 25.5°C 1.9°C warmer | −15.3°C 2.6°C colder | 1,083 mm |
Shippagan 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 | −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 |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.5°C; the steadiest month is August
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −25.3°C in 2014 to 20.2°C in 2012.
Where Shippagan’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Bas Caraquet, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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: 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 Shippagan’s climate
How warm does Shippagan get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 23.6°C on a typical day.
How cold does Shippagan get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to February, at about −13.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Shippagan get?
984 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is October (110 mm); the driest, February (69 mm).
Are these figures for Shippagan itself?
They describe Bas Caraquet, the nearest normals location, rather than Shippagan itself.
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).