Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Hartland is wetter than 86% of Canadian towns: 1,161 mm of rain and snow a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.3°C on average. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 72% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 41°C apart. Plan time outside from June to August, when highs sit at 22–25°C.
Borrowed figures: Hartland has no normals station, so these come from Woodstock/Newbridge, 15 km south.
A year in Hartland at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hartland’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Hartland feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 180 frosts and 101 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 22 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,161 mm a year
December brings the most rain and snow; April, the least. On about 125 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 292 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 69 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Hartland
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up.
Living with Hartland’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 18 May to about 22 September, some 126 days in a normal year.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Hartland’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Woodstock/Newbridge
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Woodstock/Newbridge are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 15 km south |
| Station altitude | 153 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Aroostook, 48 km |
How Hartland 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Hartland’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 23 km from Hartland.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland Woodstock/Newbridge | 25.3°C | −15.3°C | 1,161 mm |
| Wicklow 23 km · Aroostook | 25.7°C about the same | −17.5°C 2.2°C colder | 1,149 mm |
Hartland weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.5°C | −15.3°C | −10.4°C | 101 mm | 69 cm |
| February | −3.6°C | −14.7°C | −9.2°C | 84 mm | 64 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −8.4°C | −3.2°C | 93 mm | 53 cm |
| April | 9.3°C | −1.6°C | 3.9°C | 84 mm | 19 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 4.6°C | 11.0°C | 92 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.3°C | 9.9°C | 16.2°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 13.4°C | 19.4°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.6°C | 12.4°C | 18.6°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.9°C | 7.9°C | 13.9°C | 93 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 12.1°C | 2.2°C | 7.2°C | 105 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 4.7°C | −3.2°C | 0.7°C | 101 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −2.0°C | −10.1°C | −6.1°C | 115 mm | 61 cm |
| Year | 10.5°C | −0.3°C | 5.2°C | 1,161 mm | 292 cm |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.9°C; August the least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −35.0°C in 2001 to 26.0°C in 2012.
Where Hartland’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Woodstock/Newbridge, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Hartland’s climate
How warm does Hartland get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.3°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Hartland get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −15.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Hartland get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,161 mm; the range runs from 84 mm in April to 115 mm in December.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 125 days a year.
Are these figures for Hartland itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Woodstock/Newbridge; Hartland has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hartland →
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).