Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainKent is among the snowiest of Canadian towns: about 311 cm a year
Nights in January average −17.5°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 84% of Canadian towns. Some 43°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. The outdoor season runs from June to August, with highs of 23–26°C.
Kent has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Aroostook, 20 km north.
A year in Kent at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kent’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Kent feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 181 frosts and 103 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 31 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 1,149 mm a year
The most falls in January, the least in February. On about 130 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 311 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 76 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Kent
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. By this count, homes here need more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kent’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
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 →Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Kent’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Aroostook
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Aroostook, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 20 km north |
| Station altitude | 80 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −40.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Woodstock/Newbridge, 42 km |
How Kent 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 Kent’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Aroostook | 25.7°C | −17.5°C | 1,149 mm |
| Wicklow 8.6 km · Aroostook | 25.7°C about the same | −17.5°C about the same | 1,149 mm |
| Florenceville-Bristol 12 km · Woodstock/Newbridge | 25.3°C about the same | −15.3°C 2.2°C milder | 1,161 mm |
Kent 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 | −6.1°C | −17.5°C | −11.8°C | 108 mm | 76 cm |
| February | −3.8°C | −16.7°C | −10.3°C | 81 mm | 67 cm |
| March | 2.3°C | −9.7°C | −3.7°C | 87 mm | 57 cm |
| April | 9.5°C | −2.2°C | 3.7°C | 81 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 18.0°C | 4.2°C | 11.1°C | 89 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.7°C | 9.1°C | 15.9°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.7°C | 12.9°C | 19.3°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.7°C | 11.8°C | 18.3°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 7.6°C | 13.9°C | 101 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 12.4°C | 1.6°C | 7.1°C | 102 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −3.8°C | 0.4°C | 94 mm | 27 cm |
| December | −2.2°C | −10.9°C | −6.6°C | 106 mm | 61 cm |
| Year | 10.7°C | −1.1°C | 4.8°C | 1,149 mm | 311 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −36.0°C to 24.5°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.1°C of the normal, −10.3°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where Kent’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Aroostook, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Kent’s climate
How warm does Kent get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.7°C on a typical day.
How cold does Kent get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −17.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Kent get?
Count on roughly 1,149 mm a year, heaviest in January (108 mm) and lightest in February (81 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
In a normal winter there are about 138 days with at least 1 cm of snow lying.
Are these figures for Kent itself?
Not quite: they come from Aroostook, the closest ECCC normals location to Kent.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kent →
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).