Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMore rain and snow fall on Botsford than on 86% of Canadian towns: 1,161 mm a year
In January the night’s low is typically −11.3°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 70% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is October; the driest is February. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 19–24°C.
No ECCC station in Botsford has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Summerside, 36 km north, instead.
A year in Botsford at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Botsford’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Botsford feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 153 days, 20°C on 87
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 6 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,161 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 132 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Summerside normals leave precipitation out; the figures here come from Nappan, 46 km away.
About 313 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 74 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Elmwood, 51 km away (Summerside records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Botsford
89% 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 Botsford’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 29 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
About 28 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Botsford’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Summerside
Summerside is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 36 km north |
| Station altitude | 12 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Nappan, 46 km |
| Snowfall from | Elmwood, 51 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −28.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.7°C |
| Average wind | 18.8 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Nappan, 46 km |
How Botsford compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in New Brunswick.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Botsford whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Botsford with figures are 19–38 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botsford Summerside | 24.1°C | −11.3°C | 1,161 mm |
| Westmorland 19 km · Nappan | 24.3°C about the same | −11.7°C about the same | 1,161 mm |
| Cap-Pelé 26 km · Moncton | 25.1°C 1.0°C warmer | −13.3°C 2.0°C colder | 1,203 mm |
Botsford 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 | −2.9°C | −11.3°C | −7.1°C | 102 mm | 74 cm |
| February | −2.6°C | −11.3°C | −7.0°C | 80 mm | 70 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −6.6°C | −2.7°C | 91 mm | 52 cm |
| April | 7.3°C | −0.8°C | 3.3°C | 93 mm | 25 cm |
| May | 14.3°C | 4.9°C | 9.6°C | 84 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 19.7°C | 10.4°C | 15.1°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.1°C | 15.0°C | 19.6°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.8°C | 14.5°C | 19.2°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 10.4°C | 14.9°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 5.2°C | 9.1°C | 115 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 6.7°C | −0.1°C | 3.3°C | 114 mm | 21 cm |
| December | 0.9°C | −6.0°C | −2.5°C | 114 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 10.4°C | 2.0°C | 6.2°C | 1,161 mm | 313 cm |
From −23.0°C to 25.2°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 2.1°C around its normal of −7.0°C, the widest of any month, while July’s shifts by 0.8°C.
Where Botsford’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Summerside, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Botsford’s climate
How warm does Botsford get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 24.1°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Botsford get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −11.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Botsford get?
The yearly total is about 1,161 mm. October gets 115 mm, the most of any month; February gets 80 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Botsford itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Summerside, since Botsford has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Botsford →
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).