Photo: Timepages · CC0The climate in Minto sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
A typical January night drops to −14.6°C and a July afternoon reaches 25.9°C; 1,022 mm of rain and snow falls in a year. Precipitation peaks in October and eases off in February. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 70% of Canadian towns. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 23–26°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Minto is Fredericton (Airport), 44 km south-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Minto at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Minto’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Minto feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 172 frosts and 108 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 17 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
1,022 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Some 108 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 241 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 64 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Minto
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C.
Living with Minto’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 14 May until frost returns near 27 September: about 135 days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Expect around 41 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
About 37 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Minto’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fredericton (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Fredericton (Airport) are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 44 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 21 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.4°C |
| Average wind | 12.2 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Doaktown, 51 km |
How Minto 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 Minto’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 18–56 km from Minto.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minto Fredericton (Airport) | 25.9°C | −14.6°C | 1,022 mm |
| Chipman 18 km · Doaktown | 25.8°C about the same | −16.0°C 1.4°C colder | 1,210 mm |
| Springfield 48 km · Sussex/Four Corners | 25.7°C about the same | −13.2°C 1.4°C milder | 1,152 mm |
Minto 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 | −3.8°C | −14.6°C | −9.2°C | 86 mm | 64 cm |
| February | −2.3°C | −13.9°C | −8.1°C | 63 mm | 49 cm |
| March | 3.3°C | −7.8°C | −2.1°C | 88 mm | 46 cm |
| April | 10.2°C | −1.1°C | 4.6°C | 77 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 17.6°C | 4.7°C | 11.2°C | 79 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 9.9°C | 16.4°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.4°C | 19.7°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.3°C | 12.3°C | 18.9°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 7.6°C | 14.2°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.5°C | 1.9°C | 7.7°C | 106 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.3°C | −2.9°C | 1.7°C | 97 mm | 13 cm |
| December | −0.3°C | −9.6°C | −5.0°C | 93 mm | 52 cm |
| Year | 11.6°C | 0.0°C | 5.8°C | 1,022 mm | 241 cm |
From −27.4°C to 27.2°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 2.5°C from −9.2°C. August moves least, typically by 0.9°C.
Where Minto’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Fredericton (Airport), its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Minto’s climate
How warm does Minto get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.9°C.
How cold does Minto get in winter?
Expect nights around −14.6°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Minto get?
The yearly total is about 1,022 mm. October gets 106 mm, the most of any month; February gets 63 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Expect snow on the ground, at least 1 cm, for about 109 days a year.
Are these figures for Minto itself?
Not quite: they come from Fredericton (Airport), the closest ECCC normals location to Minto.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Minto →
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).