Photo: Gorob · CC BY-SA 3.0In Canning, July heat, January cold and precipitation all sit near the middle of Canadian towns
A typical January night drops to −14.6°C and a July afternoon reaches 25.9°C; 1,022 mm of rain and snow falls in a year. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 70% of Canadian towns. Expect the most rain and snow in October and the least in February. Frost comes on about 172 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are not Canning’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Fredericton (Airport), 37 km west.
A year in Canning at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Canning’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Canning feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 172 days, 20°C on 108
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 17 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 1,022 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 108 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
241 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 64 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Canning
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C.
Living with Canning’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 14 May to about 27 September, some 135 days in a normal year.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →On some 41 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Expect around 37 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Canning’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fredericton (Airport)
Fredericton (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 37 km west |
| Station altitude | 21 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.4°C |
| Average wind | 12.2 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Sussex/Four Corners, 50 km |
How Canning 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 Canning’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 28–48 km from Canning.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canning Fredericton (Airport) | 25.9°C | −14.6°C | 1,022 mm |
| Chipman 28 km · Doaktown | 25.8°C about the same | −16.0°C 1.4°C colder | 1,210 mm |
| Springfield 36 km · Sussex/Four Corners | 25.7°C about the same | −13.2°C 1.4°C milder | 1,152 mm |
Canning weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.8°C | −14.6°C | −9.2°C | 86 mm | 64 cm |
| February | −2.3°C | −13.9°C | −8.1°C | 63 mm | 49 cm |
| March | 3.3°C | −7.8°C | −2.1°C | 88 mm | 46 cm |
| April | 10.2°C | −1.1°C | 4.6°C | 77 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 17.6°C | 4.7°C | 11.2°C | 79 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 9.9°C | 16.4°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.4°C | 19.7°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.3°C | 12.3°C | 18.9°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 7.6°C | 14.2°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.5°C | 1.9°C | 7.7°C | 106 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.3°C | −2.9°C | 1.7°C | 97 mm | 13 cm |
| December | −0.3°C | −9.6°C | −5.0°C | 93 mm | 52 cm |
| Year | 11.6°C | 0.0°C | 5.8°C | 1,022 mm | 241 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 2.5°C, more than any month, and August least
March has the widest record range, −27.4°C in 2014 to 27.2°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Canning’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Fredericton (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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 Canning’s climate
How warm does Canning get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.9°C.
How cold does Canning get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −14.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Canning get?
The year adds up to 1,022 mm. October is the peak month (106 mm) and February the low one (63 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
In a normal winter there are about 109 days with at least 1 cm of snow lying.
Are these figures for Canning itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Fredericton (Airport), outside Canning.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Canning →
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).