Photo: Not specified · Public domainWet weather: 1,161 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Peel, more than on 86% of Canadian towns
January mornings start at about −15.3°C. Precipitation barely changes with the seasons; December and April sit close. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 72% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 125 days a year with 1 mm or more.
No ECCC station in Peel has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Woodstock/Newbridge, 26 km south, instead.
A year in Peel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Peel’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Peel feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 180 days, 20°C on 101
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 22 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
1,161 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 292 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 69 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Peel
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 Peel’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 18 May to about 22 September, some 126 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 and Aug.
Parks & trails →Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Peel’s risks.
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 | 26 km south |
| 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 | Aroostook, 37 km |
How Peel compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in New Brunswick.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Peel’s would only repeat its figures. The one place listed is 15 km from Peel, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peel Woodstock/Newbridge | 25.3°C | −15.3°C | 1,161 mm |
| Wicklow 15 km · Aroostook | 25.7°C about the same | −17.5°C 2.2°C colder | 1,149 mm |
Peel 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 |
March has run from −35.0°C to 26.0°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 2.9°C around its normal of −9.2°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Peel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Woodstock/Newbridge: the nearest of its locations with every month’s 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Peel’s climate
How warm does Peel get in summer?
Highs reach 25.3°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Peel get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −15.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Peel get?
Some 1,161 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in December (115 mm), the least in April (84 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 125 days a year.
Are these figures for Peel itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Woodstock/Newbridge, not in Peel; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Peel →
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).