Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Rexton is wetter than 91% of Canadian towns: 1,240 mm of rain and snow a year
Nights in January average −14.1°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of 61% of Canadian towns. Of all months, October brings the most precipitation and August the least. About 121 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Rexton has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Kouchibougauac, 17 km north-west.
A year in Rexton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Rexton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Rexton feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
176 frost days and 104 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 15 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 1,240 mm a year
9th wettest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 310 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 74 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Moncton, 62 km away (Kouchibougauac records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Rexton
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up.
Living with Rexton’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Rexton’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kouchibougauac
Kouchibougauac is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 17 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 35 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Moncton, 62 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.3°C |
| Next-nearest location | Bouctouche, 26 km |
How Rexton compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in New Brunswick.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Rexton’s would only repeat its figures. The one place listed is 7 km from Rexton, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rexton Kouchibougauac | 25.8°C | −14.1°C | 1,240 mm |
| Richibucto 7.4 km · Bouctouche | 25.1°C 0.7°C cooler | −13.2°C 0.9°C milder | 1,002 mm |
Rexton weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.7°C | −14.1°C | −8.9°C | 116 mm | 74 cm |
| February | −1.8°C | −13.3°C | −7.6°C | 90 mm | 65 cm |
| March | 3.2°C | −7.9°C | −2.4°C | 116 mm | 60 cm |
| April | 9.3°C | −1.9°C | 3.8°C | 96 mm | 29 cm |
| May | 16.5°C | 3.6°C | 10.1°C | 89 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.3°C | 9.4°C | 15.9°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.8°C | 13.6°C | 19.7°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 12.8°C | 19.1°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.5°C | 8.2°C | 14.4°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 2.7°C | 8.0°C | 133 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 6.0°C | −2.6°C | 1.7°C | 109 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −0.4°C | −8.9°C | −4.7°C | 124 mm | 59 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | 0.1°C | 5.7°C | 1,240 mm | 310 cm |
In March, anything from −27.7°C to 26.6°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.4°C around −8.9°C), August the one that wanders least (±0.9°C).
Where Rexton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Kouchibougauac: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Rexton’s climate
How warm does Rexton get in summer?
Highs reach 25.8°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Rexton get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −14.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Rexton get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,240 mm a year; October leads with 133 mm and August trails with 83 mm.
Are these figures for Rexton itself?
No, the station behind them is Kouchibougauac, beyond Rexton’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Rexton →
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).