Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0Frost comes to Haut-Madawaska more often than to 90% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.0°C. July is the wettest month, February the driest. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 68% of Canadian towns. About 122 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
These are not Haut-Madawaska’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Edmundston, 28 km north-east.
A year in Haut-Madawaska at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Haut-Madawaska’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Haut-Madawaska feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 198 days, 20°C on 98
The frost season runs September to June, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 40 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
1,012 mm of precipitation in a typical year
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, 59 km away (Edmundston records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Haut-Madawaska
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Haut-Madawaska’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Haut-Madawaska’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmundston
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Edmundston are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 28 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 154 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | St. Leonard, 59 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | St. Leonard, 59 km |
How Haut-Madawaska 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 Haut-Madawaska whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 52–69 km from Haut-Madawaska.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haut-Madawaska Edmundston | 25.0°C | −19.1°C | 1,012 mm |
| Saint-Léonard 52 km · St. Leonard | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −17.9°C 1.2°C milder | 1,128 mm |
| Pohénégamook 53 km · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin | 22.5°C 2.5°C cooler | −15.5°C 3.6°C milder | 906 mm |
Haut-Madawaska 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 | −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 |
From −36.2°C to 25.0°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 2.7°C around its normal of −13.0°C, the widest of any month, while July’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Haut-Madawaska’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Edmundston (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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: 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 Haut-Madawaska’s climate
How warm does Haut-Madawaska get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.0°C.
How cold does Haut-Madawaska get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −19.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Haut-Madawaska get?
July is the wettest month at 107 mm and February the driest at 63 mm, for 1,012 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Haut-Madawaska itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Edmundston, outside Haut-Madawaska.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Haut-Madawaska →
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).