Edmundston gets more frosts than 90% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.0°C on average. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 68% of Canadian towns. If you like long walks, July and August offer highs of 24–25°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Edmundston location, 4.6 km north.
A year in Edmundston at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Edmundston’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Edmundston feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 198 frosts and 98 warm days a year
From September to June frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 40 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,012 mm a year
About 122 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 329 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; February is the peak, at about 70 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: St. Leonard, 45 km away (Edmundston records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Edmundston
88% 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. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Edmundston’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
For long days outdoors, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Edmundston’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmundston
ECCC builds the Edmundston normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 4.6 km north |
| Station altitude | 154 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | St. Leonard, 45 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | St. Leonard, 45 km |
How Edmundston 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 Edmundston’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Edmundston with figures are 39–64 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmundston | 25.0°C | −19.1°C | 1,012 mm |
| Saint-Léonard 39 km · St. Leonard | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −17.9°C 1.2°C milder | 1,128 mm |
| Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! 59 km · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin | 22.5°C 2.5°C cooler | −15.5°C 3.6°C milder | 1,012 mm |
Edmundston weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.9°C | −19.1°C | −13.0°C | 71 mm | 70 cm |
| February | −4.8°C | −18.7°C | −11.8°C | 63 mm | 70 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −11.9°C | −5.5°C | 64 mm | 64 cm |
| April | 8.5°C | −3.6°C | 2.4°C | 67 mm | 26 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 2.9°C | 10.1°C | 85 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 7.8°C | 15.0°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 11.0°C | 18.1°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 9.8°C | 17.0°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.2°C | 5.3°C | 12.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.5°C | 0.2°C | 5.8°C | 103 mm | 7 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −4.9°C | −0.5°C | 87 mm | 25 cm |
| December | −2.8°C | −12.5°C | −7.7°C | 89 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 9.9°C | −2.8°C | 3.5°C | 1,012 mm | 329 cm |
In March, anything from −36.2°C to 25.0°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.7°C of the normal, −13.0°C. July is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Edmundston’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Edmundston from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Edmundston’s climate
How warm does Edmundston get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.0°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Edmundston get in winter?
Lows sink to −19.1°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Edmundston get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,012 mm a year; July leads with 107 mm and February trails with 63 mm.
Are these figures for Edmundston itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmundston, just outside Edmundston’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Edmundston →
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