St. Alban's sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for July heat
On a normal January night the air cools to about −7.1°C. Of all months, November brings the most precipitation and March the least. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 95% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 152 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
St. Alban's has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Harbour Breton, 46 km south.
A year in St. Alban's at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about St. Alban's’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in St. Alban's feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
152 frost days and 13 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,486 mm a year
About 137 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
173 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 54 cm). 31st 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
Living with St. Alban's’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; St. Alban's’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Harbour Breton
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Harbour Breton, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 46 km south |
| Station altitude | 30 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −22.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 27.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | St. Lawrence, 113 km |
How St. Alban's 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on St. Alban's’s own would show the same figures). No closer place has figures: this one lies 88 km from St. Alban's.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Alban's Harbour Breton | 17.3°C | −7.1°C | 1,486 mm |
| Grand Bank 88 km · St. Lawrence | 18.8°C 1.5°C warmer | −6.9°C about the same | 1,505 mm |
St. Alban's 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 | −0.2°C | −7.1°C | −3.7°C | 108 mm | 54 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −7.7°C | −4.2°C | 109 mm | 40 cm |
| March | 1.7°C | −4.8°C | −1.6°C | 99 mm | 24 cm |
| April | 5.5°C | −1.0°C | 2.3°C | 115 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 10.0°C | 3.1°C | 6.5°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 13.7°C | 6.9°C | 10.3°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 17.3°C | 11.3°C | 14.4°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 19.0°C | 13.4°C | 16.3°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.3°C | 9.9°C | 13.2°C | 136 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.4°C | 5.4°C | 8.4°C | 161 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 6.9°C | 0.9°C | 3.8°C | 161 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 2.5°C | −3.6°C | −0.5°C | 123 mm | 39 cm |
| Year | 8.6°C | 2.2°C | 5.4°C | 1,486 mm | 173 cm |
The month with the widest range: February, −22.5°C to 16.0°C
March is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.0°C of the normal, −1.6°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where St. Alban's’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Harbour Breton: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest 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 St. Alban's’s climate
How warm does St. Alban's get in summer?
In August, the warmest month, the typical high is 19.0°C.
How cold does St. Alban's get in winter?
On a normal February night the air drops to −7.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does St. Alban's get?
Precipitation totals 1,486 mm a year, with November the wettest month (161 mm) and March the driest (99 mm).
Are these figures for St. Alban's itself?
No, the station behind them is Harbour Breton, beyond St. Alban's’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for St. Alban's →
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).