Wet weather: 1,161 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Nackawic, more than on 86% of Canadian towns
Midwinter brings lows of about −15.3°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 72% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 41°C. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to August, with highs of 22–25°C.
These are not Nackawic’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Woodstock/Newbridge, 31 km north-west.
A year in Nackawic at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Nackawic’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Nackawic feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 180 days, 20°C on 101
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 22 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 1,161 mm a year
The most falls in December, the least in April. About 125 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
292 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 69 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Nackawic
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total.
Living with Nackawic’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 126 frost-free days, roughly 18 May to 22 September.
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 →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Nackawic’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Woodstock/Newbridge
ECCC builds the Woodstock/Newbridge normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 31 km north-west |
| 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 | Fredericton (Airport), 57 km |
How Nackawic 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Nackawic’s own would show the same figures). No closer place has figures: this one lies 19 km from Nackawic.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nackawic Woodstock/Newbridge | 25.3°C | −15.3°C | 1,161 mm |
| Queensbury 19 km · Fredericton (Airport) | 25.9°C 0.6°C warmer | −14.6°C 0.7°C milder | 1,022 mm |
Nackawic weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| 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 |
From year to year, February moves by 2.9°C, more than any month, and August least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −35.0°C (2001) and 26.0°C (2012).
Where Nackawic’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Woodstock/Newbridge, 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 (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Nackawic’s climate
How warm does Nackawic get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.3°C on a typical day.
How cold does Nackawic get in winter?
Lows sink to −15.3°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Nackawic get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,161 mm of water a year; December brings the most (115 mm), April the least (84 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 125 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Nackawic itself?
Not quite: they come from Woodstock/Newbridge, the closest ECCC normals location to Nackawic.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Nackawic →
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).