Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPrecipitation in Hardwicke tops that of 91% of Canadian towns: 1,240 mm a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.8°C on average. Frost is common: about 176 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 61% of Canadian towns. Some 40°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Garden chairs stay out from June to September, the months with highs of 21–26°C.
These are not Hardwicke’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Kouchibougauac, 30 km south.
A year in Hardwicke at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hardwicke’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Hardwicke feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 176 frosts and 104 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 15 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
1,240 mm of precipitation in a typical year
October brings the most rain and snow; August, the least. 9th wettest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick. About 121 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 343 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; February is the peak, at about 84 cm. The 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
Kouchibougauac publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Bas Caraquet, 85 km away.
Heating a home in Hardwicke
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C.
Living with Hardwicke’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Hardwicke’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kouchibougauac
Kouchibougauac is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 30 km south |
| Station altitude | 35 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Bas Caraquet, 85 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.3°C |
| Next-nearest location | Miramichi, 37 km |
How Hardwicke 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 Hardwicke’s own would show the same figures). The nearest place to Hardwicke with figures is 22 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwicke Kouchibougauac | 25.8°C | −14.1°C | 1,240 mm |
| Glenelg 22 km · Miramichi | 25.5°C about the same | −15.3°C 1.2°C colder | 1,083 mm |
Hardwicke 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 | −3.7°C | −14.1°C | −8.9°C | 116 mm | 72 cm |
| February | −1.8°C | −13.3°C | −7.6°C | 90 mm | 84 cm |
| March | 3.2°C | −7.9°C | −2.4°C | 116 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 9.3°C | −1.9°C | 3.8°C | 96 mm | 26 cm |
| May | 16.5°C | 3.6°C | 10.1°C | 89 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 22.3°C | 9.4°C | 15.9°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.8°C | 13.6°C | 19.7°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 12.8°C | 19.1°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.5°C | 8.2°C | 14.4°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 2.7°C | 8.0°C | 133 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 6.0°C | −2.6°C | 1.7°C | 109 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −0.4°C | −8.9°C | −4.7°C | 124 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | 0.1°C | 5.7°C | 1,240 mm | 343 cm |
March has run from −27.7°C to 26.6°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 2.4°C around its normal of −8.9°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 0.9°C.
Where Hardwicke’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Kouchibougauac, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- 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: 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 Hardwicke’s climate
How warm does Hardwicke get in summer?
Highs reach 25.8°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Hardwicke get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −14.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Hardwicke get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,240 mm: 133 mm in October, the wettest month, and 83 mm in August, the driest.
Are these figures for Hardwicke itself?
Not quite: they come from Kouchibougauac, the closest ECCC normals location to Hardwicke.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hardwicke →
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).