Bathurst is a weather station located 59 m above sea level, 6 km from Bathurst. Its records go back to 1922: 94 years of temperature are available up to 2017, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2017. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 4.6 °C, noticeably higher than over 1961–1990 (3.9 °C): a difference of 0.7 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2010 (6.7 °C) and the coldest 1923 (2.1 °C). The last complete year, 2017, ranks 19 out of 94, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2017, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.22 °C per decade. The station ranks 143 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1922
The first ten years of the series (1922–1931) average 3.0 °C; the last ten (2008–2017) average 4.7 °C, a difference of +1.8 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 4 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2010 (6.7 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 5.0 °C (2007) and bottoms out at 2.7 °C (1929).
Annual rainfall since 1922
On average 1095 mm of rain falls per year over the 88 documented years. The wettest year, 2008, received 1685 mm; the driest, 1923, only 652 mm, which is 2.6 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (1245 mm per year) is 121 mm (10.8 %) above the 1961–1990 one (1124 mm). Over 1991–2020, October is on average the wettest month (131 mm) and April the driest (86 mm). Between 1990 and 2012, 16 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Monthly normals: 1961–1990 against 1991–2020
The table compares, month by month, the mean temperature and the rainfall total of two thirty-year reference periods. The difference column shows what the recent period changes compared with the earlier one.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −11.7 °C | −11.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 100 mm | 106 mm | +6 mm |
| February | −10.5 °C | −9.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 72 mm | 94 mm | +22 mm |
| March | −4.3 °C | −4.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 90 mm | 104 mm | +14 mm |
| April | 2.1 °C | 2.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 89 mm | 86 mm | −3 mm |
| May | 9.0 °C | 9.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 84 mm | 110 mm | +26 mm |
| June | 15.2 °C | 15.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 82 mm | 103 mm | +21 mm |
| July | 18.6 °C | 19.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 100 mm | 100 mm | 0 mm |
| August | 17.4 °C | 18.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 109 mm | 94 mm | −15 mm |
| September | 12.4 °C | 13.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 79 mm | 94 mm | +15 mm |
| October | 6.6 °C | 7.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 96 mm | 131 mm | +35 mm |
| November | 0.3 °C | 0.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 103 mm | 106 mm | +3 mm |
| December | −7.9 °C | −6.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 120 mm | 117 mm | −3 mm |
The largest temperature change is in December (+1.6 °C) and the smallest in March (+0.2 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.7 °C, and 12 months out of twelve are warmer than before. For rainfall, the largest difference is in October (+35 mm) and the smallest in August (−15 mm).
Records at Bathurst
- Warmest year: 6.7 °C, in 2010
- Coldest year: 2.1 °C, in 1923
- Driest year: 652 mm, in 1923
- Wettest year: 1685 mm, in 2008
- Warmest month: 21.2 °C, in July 1947
- Coldest month: −19.0 °C, in January 1925
- Wettest month: 254 mm, in July 1918
4.6 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Daily records are not part of the dataset for this station: only annual and monthly extremes are shown.
Temperature trend over 1961–2017
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.22 °C per decade between 1961 and 2017, about +1.2 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.03 °C per decade: the station ranks 143 out of 240.
Data source and licence
Data source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (dataset “AHCCD (ahccd-monthly) + climate-daily”), licence Open Government Licence – Canada. Last updated: 29 October 2026.
The data for Bathurst are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 240 stations in Canada: the overview page lets you compare them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the annual mean temperature at Bathurst?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Bathurst is 4.6 °C. It was 3.9 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.7 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Bathurst?
Since records began in 1922, the warmest year at Bathurst is 2010, at 6.7 °C on average. The coldest is 1923 (2.1 °C).
Is the climate at Bathurst getting warmer?
Yes: at Bathurst, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.22 °C per decade between 1961 and 2017, +1.2 °C in total. 4 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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