Hardly any Canadian towns see more snow than Northesk, with about 312 cm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.5°C. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 80% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 41°C. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 177 days a year at 0°C or below.
These are not Northesk’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Miramichi, 26 km east.
A year in Northesk at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Northesk’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Northesk feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 177 days, 20°C on 101
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 21 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 1,083 mm a year
The most falls in October, the least in February. About 124 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 312 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 82 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Doaktown, 53 km away (Miramichi records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Northesk
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year.
Living with Northesk’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 23 May to about 5 October, some 133 days in a normal year.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 42 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Expect around 36 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Northesk’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Miramichi
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Miramichi are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 26 km east |
| Station altitude | 33 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Doaktown, 53 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.2°C |
| Average wind | 12.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Doaktown, 53 km |
How Northesk 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 Northesk’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 60–69 km from Northesk.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northesk Miramichi | 25.5°C | −15.3°C | 1,083 mm |
| Allardville 60 km · Bathurst | 25.1°C about the same | −16.0°C 0.7°C colder | 1,118 mm |
| Hardwicke 62 km · Kouchibougauac | 25.8°C about the same | −14.1°C 1.2°C milder | 1,240 mm |
| Upper Miramichi 69 km · Doaktown | 25.8°C about the same | −16.0°C 0.7°C colder | 1,210 mm |
Northesk weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.3°C | −15.3°C | −9.8°C | 87 mm | 82 cm |
| February | −3.0°C | −14.8°C | −8.9°C | 72 mm | 63 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −8.8°C | −3.4°C | 94 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 8.6°C | −2.0°C | 3.3°C | 84 mm | 19 cm |
| May | 16.3°C | 4.0°C | 10.2°C | 97 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.0°C | 9.8°C | 15.9°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 13.8°C | 19.6°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.8°C | 12.9°C | 18.8°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.2°C | 8.3°C | 14.3°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.7°C | 2.5°C | 7.6°C | 113 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | −2.9°C | 1.3°C | 93 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −0.8°C | −9.6°C | −5.2°C | 89 mm | 61 cm |
| Year | 10.8°C | −0.2°C | 5.3°C | 1,083 mm | 312 cm |
March has run from −31.4°C to 26.3°C in thirty years
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 2.5°C around −8.9°C) and August least (0.9°C).
Where Northesk’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Miramichi, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Northesk’s climate
How warm does Northesk get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.5°C on a typical day.
How cold does Northesk get in winter?
Lows sink to −15.3°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Northesk get?
Some 1,083 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in October (113 mm), the least in February (72 mm).
Are these figures for Northesk itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Miramichi; Northesk has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Northesk →
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).