More rain and snow fall on Saint-Charles than on 91% of Canadian towns: 1,240 mm a year
January nights here settle around −14.1°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of 61% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 40°C across the year, low to high. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
These are not Saint-Charles’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Kouchibougauac, 8.5 km north-west.
A year in Saint-Charles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Charles’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Saint-Charles 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
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 15 nights a year the air falls below −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
The most falls in October, the least in August. 9th wettest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick. About 121 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 310 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 74 cm).
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, 69 km away.
Heating a home in Saint-Charles
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C.
Living with Saint-Charles’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Saint-Charles’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kouchibougauac
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Kouchibougauac are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 8.5 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 35 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Moncton, 69 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.3°C |
| Next-nearest location | Bouctouche, 33 km |
How Saint-Charles 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
Places around Saint-Charles whose figures come from another normals location. Saint-Charles has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–36 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Charles Kouchibougauac | 25.8°C | −14.1°C | 1,240 mm |
| Richibucto 15 km · Bouctouche | 25.1°C 0.7°C cooler | −13.2°C 0.9°C milder | 1,002 mm |
| Glenelg 36 km · Miramichi | 25.5°C about the same | −15.3°C 1.2°C colder | 1,083 mm |
Saint-Charles 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 |
From year to year, January moves by 2.4°C, more than any month, and August least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −27.7°C (1997) and 26.6°C (2012).
Where Saint-Charles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Kouchibougauac, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Saint-Charles’s climate
How warm does Saint-Charles get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.8°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Saint-Charles get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −14.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Charles get?
October is the wettest month at 133 mm and August the driest at 83 mm, for 1,240 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Saint-Charles itself?
Not as such: Kouchibougauac is the nearest normals location, and Saint-Charles has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Charles →
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).