Photo: Not specified · Public domainMore rain and snow fall on Richmond than on 86% of Canadian towns: 1,161 mm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −15.3°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 72% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 41°C. Frost comes on about 180 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Borrowed figures: Richmond has no normals station, so these come from Woodstock/Newbridge, 17 km north-east.
A year in Richmond at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Richmond’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Richmond feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 180 days, 20°C on 101
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 22 nights a year.
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
December is the wettest month and April the driest. On about 125 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 292 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 69 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Richmond
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C.
Living with Richmond’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plant out after about 18 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 22 September, leaving roughly 126 days without frost.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Richmond’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Woodstock/Newbridge
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Woodstock/Newbridge are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 17 km north-east |
| 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, 69 km |
How Richmond 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 Richmond’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 43–61 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Richmond.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Woodstock/Newbridge | 25.3°C | −15.3°C | 1,161 mm |
| Wicklow 43 km · Aroostook | 25.7°C about the same | −17.5°C 2.2°C colder | 1,149 mm |
| Queensbury 58 km · Fredericton (Airport) | 25.9°C 0.6°C warmer | −14.6°C 0.7°C milder | 1,022 mm |
Richmond 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 |
A March here can run from −35.0°C to 26.0°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.9°C of the normal, −9.2°C. August is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Richmond’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Woodstock/Newbridge, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Richmond’s climate
How warm does Richmond get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 25.3°C.
How cold does Richmond get in winter?
Expect nights around −15.3°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Richmond get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,161 mm a year; December leads with 115 mm and April trails with 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 Richmond itself?
Not quite: they come from Woodstock/Newbridge, the closest ECCC normals location to Richmond.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Richmond →
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).