Saint John is a weather station located 109 m above sea level, 10 km from Rothesay. Its records go back to 1871: 148 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 5.7 °C, clearly higher than over 1961–1990 (4.8 °C): a difference of 0.9 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2010 (7.2 °C) and the coldest 1875 (2.4 °C). The last complete year, 2020, ranks 4 out of 148, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.30 °C per decade. The station ranks 66 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1871
The first ten years of the series (1871–1880) average 3.3 °C; the last ten (2011–2020) average 6.0 °C, a difference of +2.6 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 7 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2010 (7.2 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 6.1 °C (2014) and bottoms out at 3.3 °C (1879).
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 | −8.1 °C | −7.4 °C | +0.7 °C | – | – | – |
| February | −7.7 °C | −6.6 °C | +1.1 °C | – | – | – |
| March | −2.7 °C | −2.1 °C | +0.6 °C | – | – | – |
| April | 3.1 °C | 4.0 °C | +0.9 °C | – | – | – |
| May | 8.9 °C | 9.7 °C | +0.8 °C | – | – | – |
| June | 13.6 °C | 14.4 °C | +0.8 °C | – | – | – |
| July | 16.7 °C | 17.6 °C | +0.9 °C | – | – | – |
| August | 16.6 °C | 17.4 °C | +0.8 °C | – | – | – |
| September | 12.6 °C | 13.7 °C | +1.1 °C | – | – | – |
| October | 7.5 °C | 8.2 °C | +0.7 °C | – | – | – |
| November | 2.1 °C | 2.7 °C | +0.6 °C | – | – | – |
| December | −5.0 °C | −3.1 °C | +1.9 °C | – | – | – |
The largest temperature change is in December (+1.9 °C) and the smallest in March (+0.6 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.9 °C, and 12 months out of twelve are warmer than before.
Records at Saint John
- Warmest year: 7.2 °C, in 2010
- Coldest year: 2.4 °C, in 1875
- Warmest month: 19.2 °C, in July 2013
- Coldest month: −13.6 °C, in January 1888
4.8 °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 1961–2020
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.30 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, about +1.8 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.05 °C per decade: the station ranks 66 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 Saint John 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 Saint John?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Saint John is 5.7 °C. It was 4.8 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.9 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Saint John?
Since records began in 1871, the warmest year at Saint John is 2010, at 7.2 °C on average. The coldest is 1875 (2.4 °C).
Is the climate at Saint John getting warmer?
Yes: at Saint John, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.30 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, +1.8 °C in total. 7 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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