The periods of wet snow will ease later Monday afternoon.
Chilly conditions rank among coldest on record in June
Monday’s forecast high of just 2°C at St. John’s Airport will make this one of the site’s coldest June days on record.
Right now, the airport’s three coldest days on record include a 1.1°C high on June 10, 1975, a reading of just 1.7°C on June 7, 1974, and a temperature of 2.2°C on June 6, 1991.
How rare is June snow in Newfoundland?
Observers have recorded measurable snow at St. John’s Airport just 18 times between June 1 and June 13 over the years.
The last time we saw measurable June snow in St. John’s was almost five years ago when 2.2 cm fell on June 10, 2021. The month’s biggest snowfall hit on June 10, 1959, with a whopping total of 13.5 cm.
June snowfall is more common in Gander. The community has seen 50 documented cases of measurable June snowfall, the largest of which was a 21.8 cm wallop that hit on June 7, 1974.