Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Caraquet is among the snowiest of Canadian towns: about 343 cm a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.6°C. October is the wettest month, February the driest. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 72% of Canadian towns. About 123 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Caraquet has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Bas Caraquet, 8.8 km east.
A year in Caraquet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Caraquet’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Caraquet feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 164 days, 20°C on 81
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 9 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 984 mm of rain and snow a year
57th wettest of 60 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
343 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; February brings the most, about 84 cm. The snowiest of 60 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Caraquet
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C.
Living with Caraquet’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Count on about 148 frost-free days: the last frost averages 17 May, the first 13 October.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 42 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
On some 25 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Caraquet’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Bas Caraquet
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Bas Caraquet are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 8.8 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, 36 km |
How Caraquet 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 Caraquet whose figures come from another normals location. The one place listed is 27 km from Caraquet, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caraquet Bas Caraquet | 23.6°C | −12.7°C | 984 mm |
| New Bandon 27 km · New Carlisle | 22.7°C 0.9°C cooler | −14.2°C 1.5°C colder | 1,095 mm |
Caraquet weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| 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 |
In March, anything from −25.3°C to 20.2°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.5°C of the normal, −9.0°C. August is the steadiest, within 0.9°C.
Where Caraquet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Bas Caraquet: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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: 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 Caraquet’s climate
How warm does Caraquet get in summer?
Expect highs near 23.6°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Caraquet get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging −13.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Caraquet get?
Precipitation totals 984 mm a year, with October the wettest month (110 mm) and February the driest (69 mm).
Are these figures for Caraquet itself?
No, the station behind them is Bas Caraquet, beyond Caraquet’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Caraquet →
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).