Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns get more snow than Paquetville: about 343 cm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 23.6°C. Of all months, October brings the most precipitation and February the least. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 72% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to May, when means dip under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Paquetville has no normals station, so these come from Bas Caraquet, 27 km north-east.
A year in Paquetville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Paquetville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Paquetville feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
164 frost days and 81 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 9 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
About 984 mm of rain and snow a year
57th wettest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick. On about 123 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
343 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 84 cm in February, the snowiest month. The snowiest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Paquetville
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C.
Living with Paquetville’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 17 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 13 October, ends a season of about 148 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →On some 42 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
On some 25 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Paquetville’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Bas Caraquet
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Bas Caraquet are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 27 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 5 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.8°C |
| Average wind | 16.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | New Carlisle, 40 km |
How Paquetville 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
Places around Paquetville whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 13–41 km from Paquetville.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paquetville Bas Caraquet | 23.6°C | −12.7°C | 984 mm |
| New Bandon 13 km · New Carlisle | 22.7°C 0.9°C cooler | −14.2°C 1.5°C colder | 1,095 mm |
| Allardville 34 km · Bathurst | 25.1°C 1.5°C warmer | −16.0°C 3.3°C colder | 1,118 mm |
Paquetville weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.2°C | −12.7°C | −9.0°C | 71 mm | 72 cm |
| February | −4.7°C | −13.2°C | −9.0°C | 69 mm | 84 cm |
| March | 0.2°C | −8.2°C | −4.0°C | 74 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 6.1°C | −1.8°C | 2.2°C | 70 mm | 26 cm |
| May | 13.9°C | 4.1°C | 9.0°C | 84 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 19.9°C | 10.0°C | 15.0°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.6°C | 14.3°C | 19.0°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.2°C | 13.9°C | 18.6°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.7°C | 9.8°C | 14.2°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.6°C | 4.2°C | 8.0°C | 110 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.0°C | −1.2°C | 1.9°C | 93 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −1.0°C | −7.1°C | −4.1°C | 90 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 9.3°C | 1.0°C | 5.2°C | 984 mm | 343 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.5°C; the steadiest month is August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −25.3°C (2014) to 20.2°C (2012).
Where Paquetville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Bas Caraquet, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Paquetville’s climate
How warm does Paquetville get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.6°C.
How cold does Paquetville get in winter?
A typical February night falls to −13.2°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Paquetville get?
984 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is October (110 mm); the driest, February (69 mm).
Are these figures for Paquetville itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Bas Caraquet, not in Paquetville; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Paquetville →
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).