Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Glovertown sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for July heat
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −10.1°C. Winter and summer sit 33°C apart. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 92% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 178 days a year at 0°C or below.
These are not Glovertown’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Lethbridge, 39 km south.
A year in Glovertown at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Glovertown’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Glovertown feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 178 frosts and 67 warm days a year
From September to June frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 7 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,260 mm a year
October is the wettest month and June the driest. About 174 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 229 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 58 cm. 28th snowiest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Glovertown
83% 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 Glovertown’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
About 78 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 19 June to a first of 6 September.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Glovertown’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lethbridge
Lethbridge is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 39 km south |
| Station altitude | 15 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Gander, 48 km |
How Glovertown 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 Newfoundland and Labrador.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Glovertown whose figures come from another normals location. Glovertown has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–70 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glovertown Lethbridge | 22.6°C | −10.1°C | 1,260 mm |
| Gambo 15 km · Gander | 21.8°C 0.8°C cooler | −10.4°C about the same | 1,247 mm |
| New-Wes-Valley 62 km · Bonavista | 19.7°C 2.9°C cooler | −7.0°C 3.1°C milder | 1,247 mm |
Glovertown 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 | −0.9°C | −10.1°C | −5.5°C | 103 mm | 58 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −10.1°C | −5.4°C | 102 mm | 56 cm |
| March | 2.2°C | −6.8°C | −2.3°C | 94 mm | 42 cm |
| April | 7.1°C | −1.6°C | 2.8°C | 98 mm | 20 cm |
| May | 12.8°C | 2.1°C | 7.5°C | 96 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 17.8°C | 6.2°C | 12.0°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.6°C | 11.0°C | 16.9°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 11.6°C | 17.1°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.0°C | 7.6°C | 12.8°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.9°C | 3.4°C | 7.6°C | 129 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 6.5°C | −1.0°C | 2.8°C | 112 mm | 10 cm |
| December | 1.8°C | −5.4°C | −1.8°C | 121 mm | 41 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | 0.6°C | 5.4°C | 1,260 mm | 229 cm |
From −31.0°C to 16.0°C: January’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 2.5°C from −5.4°C. August moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Glovertown’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Lethbridge: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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: 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 Glovertown’s climate
How warm does Glovertown get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 22.6°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Glovertown get in winter?
Expect nights around −10.1°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Glovertown get?
Around 1,260 mm a year in all, from 129 mm in October down to 86 mm in June.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 114 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Glovertown itself?
Not as such: Lethbridge is the nearest normals location, and Glovertown has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Glovertown →
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).