Goose A is a weather station located 49 m above sea level, 7 km from Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Its records go back to 1942: 79 years of temperature are available up to 2020, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2020. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 0.7 °C, noticeably higher than over 1961–1990 (0.0 °C): a difference of 0.7 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2010 (3.6 °C) and the coldest 1972 (−2.9 °C). The last complete year, 2020, ranks 9 out of 79, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.19 °C per decade. The station ranks 184 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1942
The first ten years of the series (1942–1951) average −0.2 °C; the last ten (2011–2020) average 0.6 °C, a difference of +0.8 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 5 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2010 (3.6 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 1.5 °C (2012) and bottoms out at −0.6 °C (1993).
Annual rainfall since 1942
On average 1069 mm of rain falls per year over the 76 documented years. The wettest year, 1983, received 1430 mm; the driest, 1945, only 651 mm, which is 2.2 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (1066 mm per year) is 78 mm (6.8 %) below the 1961–1990 one (1144 mm). Over 1991–2020, July is on average the wettest month (117 mm) and February the driest (76 mm). Between 1998 and 2017, 10 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 | −16.9 °C | −16.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 94 mm | 86 mm | −8 mm |
| February | −15.1 °C | −15.5 °C | −0.4 °C | 77 mm | 76 mm | −1 mm |
| March | −8.8 °C | −9.0 °C | −0.2 °C | 94 mm | 84 mm | −10 mm |
| April | −1.5 °C | −1.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 70 mm | 77 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 5.3 °C | 5.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 75 mm | 78 mm | +3 mm |
| June | 11.2 °C | 12.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 108 mm | 91 mm | −17 mm |
| July | 15.8 °C | 16.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 128 mm | 117 mm | −11 mm |
| August | 14.6 °C | 15.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 106 mm | 108 mm | +2 mm |
| September | 9.3 °C | 10.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 98 mm | 94 mm | −4 mm |
| October | 2.8 °C | 4.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 89 mm | 97 mm | +8 mm |
| November | −3.7 °C | −3.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 100 mm | 81 mm | −19 mm |
| December | −13.1 °C | −11.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 105 mm | 77 mm | −28 mm |
The largest temperature change is in December (+1.9 °C) and the smallest in February (−0.4 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.7 °C, and 10 months out of twelve are warmer than before. For rainfall, the largest difference is in October (+8 mm) and the smallest in December (−28 mm).
Records at Goose A
- Warmest year: 3.6 °C, in 2010
- Coldest year: −2.9 °C, in 1972
- Driest year: 651 mm, in 1945
- Wettest year: 1430 mm, in 1983
- Warmest month: 19.0 °C, in July 2008
- Coldest month: −24.2 °C, in January 1991
- Wettest month: 268 mm, in January 1985
- Hottest day: 37.8 °C, on 4 July 1944
- Coldest day: −39.4 °C, on 17 February 1973
- Heaviest rain in one day: 80.1 mm, on 28 June 1980
6.5 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 77.2 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2020
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.19 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, about +1.1 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.06 °C per decade: the station ranks 184 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 Goose A 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 Goose A?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Goose A is 0.7 °C. It was 0.0 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.7 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Goose A?
Since records began in 1942, the warmest year at Goose A is 2010, at 3.6 °C on average. The coldest is 1972 (−2.9 °C).
Is the climate at Goose A getting warmer?
Yes: at Goose A, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.19 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, +1.1 °C in total. 5 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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