Photo: Vic Brincat from Keswick, Ontario, Canada · CC BY 2.0Brighton is wetter than 86% of Canadian towns: 1,161 mm of rain and snow a year
In January the night’s low is typically −15.3°C. Rain and snow are spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, December, gets little more than the driest, April. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 72% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 180 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
ECCC publishes no normals for Brighton itself; the figures are those of Woodstock/Newbridge, 20 km south-west.
A year in Brighton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Brighton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Brighton feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 180 days, 20°C on 101
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 22 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
On about 125 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
292 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 69 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Brighton
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months.
Living with Brighton’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 18 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 22 September, ends a season of about 126 days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Brighton’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Woodstock/Newbridge
ECCC builds the Woodstock/Newbridge normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 20 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 153 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Aroostook, 48 km |
How Brighton 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Brighton’s would only repeat its figures. Brighton has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 25–50 km out.
Brighton weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.5°C | −15.3°C | −10.4°C | 101 mm | 69 cm |
| February | −3.6°C | −14.7°C | −9.2°C | 84 mm | 64 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −8.4°C | −3.2°C | 93 mm | 53 cm |
| April | 9.3°C | −1.6°C | 3.9°C | 84 mm | 19 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 4.6°C | 11.0°C | 92 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.3°C | 9.9°C | 16.2°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 13.4°C | 19.4°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.6°C | 12.4°C | 18.6°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.9°C | 7.9°C | 13.9°C | 93 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 12.1°C | 2.2°C | 7.2°C | 105 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 4.7°C | −3.2°C | 0.7°C | 101 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −2.0°C | −10.1°C | −6.1°C | 115 mm | 61 cm |
| Year | 10.5°C | −0.3°C | 5.2°C | 1,161 mm | 292 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −35.0°C to 26.0°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 2.9°C of its normal of −9.2°C; August keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Brighton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Woodstock/Newbridge from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Brighton’s climate
How warm does Brighton get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 25.3°C.
How cold does Brighton get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −15.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Brighton get?
Precipitation totals 1,161 mm a year, with December the wettest month (115 mm) and April the driest (84 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow cover of 1 cm or more lasts about 125 days in a typical year.
Are these figures for Brighton itself?
Not exactly. Brighton lacks a normals station, so Woodstock/Newbridge supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Brighton →
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).