Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0More rain and snow fall on Richibucto than on 91% of Canadian towns: 1,240 mm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.8°C. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 61% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 40°C. Frost comes on about 176 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are not Richibucto’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Kouchibougauac, 13 km north-west.
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
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 176 days, 20°C on 104
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 15 nights a year.
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
The most falls in October, the least in August. 9th wettest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick. On about 121 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 310 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 74 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Kouchibougauac publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Moncton, 66 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.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C.
Living with Richibucto’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Richibucto’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kouchibougauac
ECCC builds the Kouchibougauac normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 13 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 35 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Moncton, 66 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.3°C |
| Next-nearest location | Bouctouche, 30 km |
How Richibucto 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 Richibucto’s would only repeat its figures. Richibucto has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 10 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richibucto Kouchibougauac | 25.8°C | −14.1°C | 1,240 mm |
| Richibucto 9.6 km · Bouctouche | 25.1°C 0.7°C cooler | −13.2°C 0.9°C milder | 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 | −3.7°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 |
January varies most from one year to the next (2.4°C), August least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −27.7°C (1997) to 26.6°C (2012).
Where Richibucto’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Kouchibougauac, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Richibucto’s climate
How warm does Richibucto get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.8°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Richibucto get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −14.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Richibucto get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,240 mm of water a year; October brings the most (133 mm), August the least (83 mm).
Are these figures for Richibucto itself?
Not exactly. Richibucto lacks a normals station, so Kouchibougauac 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).