Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFew Canadian towns get more snow than Beresford: about 337 cm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.1°C. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 82% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 41°C apart. Frost comes on about 181 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
No ECCC station in Beresford has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Bathurst, 8.7 km south-west, instead.
A year in Beresford at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Beresford’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Beresford feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
181 frost days and 96 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 22 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,118 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in October, the least in February. About 125 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 337 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 71 cm). 5th snowiest of 60 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Beresford
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Beresford’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 127 days, roughly 20 May to 26 September.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Beresford: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Bathurst
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Bathurst are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 8.7 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 59 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.4°C |
| Next-nearest location | New Carlisle, 49 km |
How Beresford compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in New Brunswick.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Beresford’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Beresford with figures are 30–43 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beresford Bathurst | 25.1°C | −16.0°C | 1,118 mm |
| New Bandon 30 km · New Carlisle | 22.7°C 2.4°C cooler | −14.2°C 1.8°C milder | 1,095 mm |
| Belledune 31 km · Charlo | 23.8°C 1.3°C cooler | −16.2°C about the same | 1,011 mm |
| Paquetville 42 km · Bas Caraquet | 23.6°C 1.5°C cooler | −12.7°C 3.3°C milder | 984 mm |
Beresford 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 | −5.2°C | −16.0°C | −10.6°C | 82 mm | 71 cm |
| February | −3.7°C | −15.1°C | −9.5°C | 72 mm | 69 cm |
| March | 1.6°C | −9.3°C | −3.8°C | 87 mm | 68 cm |
| April | 8.2°C | −2.0°C | 3.1°C | 78 mm | 30 cm |
| May | 15.8°C | 3.5°C | 9.7°C | 108 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.8°C | 9.2°C | 15.5°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 13.1°C | 19.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.4°C | 12.2°C | 18.3°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.7°C | 7.3°C | 13.5°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.0°C | 1.8°C | 6.9°C | 120 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 4.8°C | −3.6°C | 0.6°C | 97 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −1.5°C | −10.6°C | −6.1°C | 100 mm | 68 cm |
| Year | 10.2°C | −0.8°C | 4.7°C | 1,118 mm | 337 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.5°C; the steadiest month is August
March has the widest record range, −33.5°C in 2014 to 24.5°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Beresford’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Bathurst from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Beresford’s climate
How warm does Beresford get in summer?
Highs reach 25.1°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Beresford get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −16.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Beresford get?
October is the wettest month at 120 mm and February the driest at 72 mm, for 1,118 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 143 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Beresford itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Bathurst, outside Beresford.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Beresford →
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).