Weather without surprises: Richibucto keeps close to the norm for Canadian towns
January nights average −13.2°C, July afternoons 25.1°C, and a year brings 1,002 mm of rain and melted snow. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 68% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 38°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 20–25°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Richibucto itself; the figures are those of Bouctouche, 22 km south.
A year in Richibucto at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Richibucto’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Richibucto feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 166 frosts and 99 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 13 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 1,002 mm a year
The most falls in October, the least in February. 53rd wettest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick. Some 120 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
310 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 74 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Bouctouche publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Moncton, 58 km away.
Heating a home in Richibucto
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year.
Living with Richibucto’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 14 May to 3 October without frost, around 141 days in all.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Richibucto’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Bouctouche
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Bouctouche are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 22 km south |
| Station altitude | 36 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Moncton, 58 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Kouchibougauac, 23 km |
How Richibucto 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Richibucto’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richibucto Bouctouche | 25.1°C | −13.2°C | 1,002 mm |
| Rexton 7.4 km · Kouchibougauac | 25.8°C 0.7°C warmer | −14.1°C 0.9°C colder | 1,240 mm |
| Wellington 15 km · Bouctouche | 25.1°C about the same | −13.2°C about the same | 1,002 mm |
Richibucto weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.4°C | −13.2°C | −8.3°C | 72 mm | 74 cm |
| February | −2.3°C | −12.7°C | −7.5°C | 59 mm | 65 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −7.5°C | −2.8°C | 79 mm | 60 cm |
| April | 8.3°C | −1.3°C | 3.5°C | 69 mm | 29 cm |
| May | 15.7°C | 4.5°C | 10.2°C | 93 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.3°C | 10.2°C | 15.8°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.2°C | 19.7°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.6°C | 13.4°C | 19.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.2°C | 9.1°C | 14.7°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.1°C | 3.4°C | 8.3°C | 106 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 6.3°C | −2.0°C | 2.2°C | 92 mm | 19 cm |
| December | 0.0°C | −8.3°C | −4.1°C | 86 mm | 59 cm |
| Year | 10.9°C | 0.8°C | 5.9°C | 1,002 mm | 310 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −27.0°C to 26.0°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.5°C around −7.5°C), August the one that wanders least (±0.9°C).
Where Richibucto’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Bouctouche from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Richibucto’s climate
How warm does Richibucto get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.1°C.
How cold does Richibucto get in winter?
Overnight lows average −13.2°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Richibucto get?
A normal year brings 1,002 mm, snow included as water: October is wettest at 106 mm, February driest at 59 mm.
Are these figures for Richibucto itself?
Not exactly. Richibucto lacks a normals station, so Bouctouche supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Richibucto →
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).