Photo: Erj1211 · CC BY-SA 3.0Eel River Crossing is among the snowiest of Canadian towns: about 337 cm a year
January mornings start at about −16.2°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 77% of Canadian towns. Some 40°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Long walks are most pleasant from June to August, when afternoons reach 21–24°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Eel River Crossing itself; the figures are those of Charlo, 7.6 km east.
A year in Eel River Crossing at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Eel River Crossing’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Eel River Crossing feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 182 days, 20°C on 82
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 23 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,011 mm a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. Some 130 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 337 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 71 cm in January, the snowiest month. 5th snowiest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
ECCC’s Charlo normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Bathurst, 65 km away.
Heating a home in Eel River Crossing
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. A house here needs more heating than 81% of Canadian towns.
Living with Eel River Crossing’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 18 May to about 1 October, some 135 days in a normal year.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 56 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
On some 21 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Eel River Crossing’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Charlo
ECCC builds the Charlo normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 7.6 km east |
| Station altitude | 40 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Bathurst, 65 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.7°C |
| Average wind | 13.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Upsalquitch Lake, 60 km |
How Eel River Crossing 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Eel River Crossing’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 56–64 km from Eel River Crossing.
Eel River Crossing 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 | −7.0°C | −16.2°C | −11.7°C | 71 mm | 71 cm |
| February | −5.5°C | −15.6°C | −10.6°C | 65 mm | 69 cm |
| March | 0.0°C | −9.8°C | −4.9°C | 79 mm | 68 cm |
| April | 6.5°C | −2.5°C | 2.0°C | 69 mm | 30 cm |
| May | 14.8°C | 3.4°C | 9.2°C | 92 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 9.2°C | 14.8°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.8°C | 13.0°C | 18.4°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.2°C | 12.1°C | 17.7°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.2°C | 7.3°C | 12.8°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.7°C | 2.1°C | 6.4°C | 94 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 3.5°C | −3.6°C | −0.1°C | 87 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −3.0°C | −10.6°C | −6.8°C | 76 mm | 68 cm |
| Year | 8.8°C | −0.9°C | 3.9°C | 1,011 mm | 337 cm |
A March here can run from −30.1°C to 22.6°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 2.7°C of its normal of −10.6°C; August keeps to within 0.9°C.
Where Eel River Crossing’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Charlo: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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 (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Eel River Crossing’s climate
How warm does Eel River Crossing get in summer?
Expect highs near 23.8°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Eel River Crossing get in winter?
Lows sink to −16.2°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Eel River Crossing get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,011 mm a year; July leads with 104 mm and February trails with 65 mm.
Are these figures for Eel River Crossing itself?
No, they come from Charlo; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Eel River Crossing itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Eel River Crossing →
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).