Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWet weather: 1,271 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Simonds, more than on 92% of Canadian towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about −13.2°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 90% of Canadian towns. November is the wettest month, August the driest. Heating does most of its work from October to May, in months below 10°C on average.
Simonds has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Saint John, 4.3 km west.
A year in Simonds at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Simonds’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Simonds feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 170 frosts and 80 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 13 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
1,271 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The wettest of 60 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick. Some 120 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 215 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 60 cm in January, the snowiest month. 51st snowiest of 60 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Simonds
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up.
Living with Simonds’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
About 128 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 21 May to a first of 27 September.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 37 days with a wind chill below −20.
The humidex tops 30 on about 12 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Simonds’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Saint John
Saint John is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 4.3 km west |
| Station altitude | 109 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.7°C |
| Average wind | 15.3 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Sussex/Four Corners, 50 km |
How Simonds 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Simonds’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 27–47 km from Simonds.
Simonds 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 | 60 cm |
| February | −1.6°C | −12.6°C | −7.1°C | 92 mm | 46 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −7.7°C | −2.6°C | 107 mm | 37 cm |
| April | 8.8°C | −1.6°C | 3.7°C | 100 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 15.3°C | 3.5°C | 9.4°C | 94 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 20.0°C | 8.1°C | 14.1°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.0°C | 11.6°C | 17.3°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.0°C | 11.2°C | 17.1°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.8°C | 7.4°C | 13.1°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 2.6°C | 7.9°C | 138 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.9°C | −2.0°C | 2.4°C | 138 mm | 13 cm |
| December | 1.3°C | −8.3°C | −3.5°C | 128 mm | 42 cm |
| Year | 10.7°C | −0.1°C | 5.3°C | 1,271 mm | 215 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 2.5°C, more than any month, and August least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −28.4°C (2014) and 25.4°C (2012).
Where Simonds’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Saint John, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Simonds’s climate
How warm does Simonds get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.0°C.
How cold does Simonds get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −13.2°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Simonds get?
Precipitation totals 1,271 mm a year, with November the wettest month (138 mm) and August the driest (73 mm).
Are these figures for Simonds itself?
No, the station behind them is Saint John, beyond Simonds’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Simonds →
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).