More rain and snow fall on Sussex Corner than on 84% of Canadian towns: 1,152 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.7°C. Winter and summer sit 39°C apart. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 166 days a year at 0°C or below.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Sussex/Four Corners station, 3.5 km west.
A year in Sussex Corner at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sussex Corner’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Sussex Corner feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
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
About 1,152 mm of rain and snow a year
January brings the most rain and snow; August, the least. Some 129 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 248 cm of snow a year
From November to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 66 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Sussex Corner
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.
Living with Sussex Corner’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 20 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 26 September, ends a season of about 128 days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Sussex Corner’s hazards page does.
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 | 3.5 km west |
| 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 | Alma/Fundy Park, 44 km |
How Sussex Corner 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 Sussex Corner whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Sussex Corner with figures are 28–39 km away.
Sussex Corner 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 | −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 |
March has run from −27.0°C to 24.5°C in thirty years
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 2.5°C around −7.9°C) and August least (0.7°C).
Where Sussex Corner’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Sussex/Four Corners from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sussex Corner’s climate
How warm does Sussex Corner get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.7°C.
How cold does Sussex Corner get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −13.2°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Sussex Corner get?
January is the wettest month at 116 mm and August the driest at 64 mm, for 1,152 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Sussex Corner itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Sussex/Four Corners location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Sussex Corner.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sussex Corner →
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).