Balmoral sits near the top of Canadian towns for snow: about 337 cm a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.8°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 77% of Canadian towns. Of all months, July brings the most precipitation and February the least. The furnace earns its keep from October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Balmoral has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Charlo, 8.6 km east, instead.
A year in Balmoral at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Balmoral’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Balmoral feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 182 frosts and 82 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 23 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,011 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 130 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 337 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 71 cm). 5th snowiest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Bathurst, 64 km away (Charlo records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Balmoral
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 81% of Canadian towns.
Living with Balmoral’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plant out after about 18 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 1 October, leaving roughly 135 days without frost.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Count on some 56 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
A humidex above 30 marks about 21 days in a normal year.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Balmoral’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Charlo
Charlo is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 8.6 km east |
| Station altitude | 40 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Bathurst, 64 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.7°C |
| Average wind | 13.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Upsalquitch Lake, 57 km |
How Balmoral compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in New Brunswick.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Balmoral whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 55–63 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Balmoral.
Balmoral 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 | −7.0°C | −16.2°C | −11.7°C | 71 mm | 71 cm |
| February | −5.5°C | −15.6°C | −10.6°C | 65 mm | 69 cm |
| March | 0.0°C | −9.8°C | −4.9°C | 79 mm | 68 cm |
| April | 6.5°C | −2.5°C | 2.0°C | 69 mm | 30 cm |
| May | 14.8°C | 3.4°C | 9.2°C | 92 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 9.2°C | 14.8°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.8°C | 13.0°C | 18.4°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.2°C | 12.1°C | 17.7°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.2°C | 7.3°C | 12.8°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.7°C | 2.1°C | 6.4°C | 94 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 3.5°C | −3.6°C | −0.1°C | 87 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −3.0°C | −10.6°C | −6.8°C | 76 mm | 68 cm |
| Year | 8.8°C | −0.9°C | 3.9°C | 1,011 mm | 337 cm |
From −30.1°C to 22.6°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 2.7°C around −10.6°C) and August least (0.9°C).
Where Balmoral’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Charlo (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Balmoral’s climate
How warm does Balmoral get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 23.8°C.
How cold does Balmoral get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −16.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Balmoral get?
The year adds up to 1,011 mm. July is the peak month (104 mm) and February the low one (65 mm).
Are these figures for Balmoral itself?
They are borrowed from Charlo, the nearest place to Balmoral where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Balmoral →
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).