Photo: JP3G · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly any Canadian towns see more snow than Bertrand, with about 343 cm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 23.6°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 72% of Canadian towns. Of all months, October brings the most precipitation and February the least. The furnace earns its keep from October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
These are not Bertrand’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Bas Caraquet, 21 km east.
A year in Bertrand at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bertrand’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Bertrand feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
164 frost days and 81 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 9 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
Rain and melted snow: about 984 mm a year
57th wettest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick. Some 123 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 343 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; February brings the most, about 84 cm. The snowiest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Bertrand
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year.
Living with Bertrand’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Wait until about 17 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 13 October, about 148 days later.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 42 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
A humidex above 30 marks about 25 days in a normal year.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Bertrand’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Bas Caraquet
ECCC builds the Bas Caraquet normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 21 km east |
| Station altitude | 5 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.8°C |
| Average wind | 16.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | New Carlisle, 35 km |
How Bertrand 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Bertrand’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 16–45 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Bertrand.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bertrand Bas Caraquet | 23.6°C | −12.7°C | 984 mm |
| New Bandon 16 km · New Carlisle | 22.7°C 0.9°C cooler | −14.2°C 1.5°C colder | 1,095 mm |
| Allardville 42 km · Bathurst | 25.1°C 1.5°C warmer | −16.0°C 3.3°C colder | 1,118 mm |
Bertrand weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.2°C | −12.7°C | −9.0°C | 71 mm | 72 cm |
| February | −4.7°C | −13.2°C | −9.0°C | 69 mm | 84 cm |
| March | 0.2°C | −8.2°C | −4.0°C | 74 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 6.1°C | −1.8°C | 2.2°C | 70 mm | 26 cm |
| May | 13.9°C | 4.1°C | 9.0°C | 84 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 19.9°C | 10.0°C | 15.0°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.6°C | 14.3°C | 19.0°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.2°C | 13.9°C | 18.6°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.7°C | 9.8°C | 14.2°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.6°C | 4.2°C | 8.0°C | 110 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.0°C | −1.2°C | 1.9°C | 93 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −1.0°C | −7.1°C | −4.1°C | 90 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 9.3°C | 1.0°C | 5.2°C | 984 mm | 343 cm |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 2.5°C; the steadiest, August
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −25.3°C in 2014 to 20.2°C in 2012.
Where Bertrand’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Bas Caraquet, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Bertrand’s climate
How warm does Bertrand get in summer?
Expect highs near 23.6°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Bertrand get in winter?
Overnight lows average −13.2°C in February, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Bertrand get?
Around 984 mm a year in all, from 110 mm in October down to 69 mm in February.
Are these figures for Bertrand itself?
They are borrowed from Bas Caraquet, the nearest place to Bertrand where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bertrand →
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).