Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWet weather: 1,203 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Salisbury, more than on 89% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.1°C. Precipitation peaks in October and eases off in August. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Salisbury has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Moncton, 39 km east, instead.
A year in Salisbury at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Salisbury’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Salisbury feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 170 days, 20°C on 98
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 12 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,203 mm of precipitation in a typical year
9th wettest of 60 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick. Some 129 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 310 cm of snow a 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
Heating a home in Salisbury
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 Salisbury’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 135 frost-free days, roughly 19 May to 2 October.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 43 days a year.
About 34 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Salisbury’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Moncton
ECCC builds the Moncton normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 39 km east |
| Station altitude | 71 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 16.7 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Sussex/Four Corners, 42 km |
How Salisbury 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 Salisbury’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury Moncton | 25.1°C | −13.3°C | 1,203 mm |
| Petitcodiac 7.6 km · Sussex/Four Corners | 25.7°C 0.6°C warmer | −13.2°C about the same | 1,152 mm |
| Salisbury 9.3 km · Moncton | 25.1°C about the same | −13.3°C about the same | 1,203 mm |
Salisbury weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.5°C | −13.3°C | −8.4°C | 102 mm | 74 cm |
| February | −2.5°C | −12.7°C | −7.6°C | 88 mm | 65 cm |
| March | 2.2°C | −7.4°C | −2.6°C | 111 mm | 60 cm |
| April | 8.6°C | −1.5°C | 3.6°C | 94 mm | 29 cm |
| May | 16.1°C | 3.9°C | 10.0°C | 98 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.3°C | 9.2°C | 15.3°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 13.4°C | 19.3°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.7°C | 12.7°C | 18.7°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.2°C | 8.1°C | 14.2°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 2.9°C | 8.1°C | 124 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 6.3°C | −2.2°C | 2.1°C | 109 mm | 19 cm |
| December | 0.0°C | −8.7°C | −4.4°C | 115 mm | 59 cm |
| Year | 11.0°C | 0.4°C | 5.7°C | 1,203 mm | 310 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 2.5°C; the steadiest, August
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −24.5°C (1992) and 26.1°C (2012).
Where Salisbury’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Moncton, 1991–2020.
- 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: 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 Salisbury’s climate
How warm does Salisbury get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.1°C.
How cold does Salisbury get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −13.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Salisbury get?
The year adds up to 1,203 mm. October is the peak month (124 mm) and August the low one (77 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 120 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Salisbury itself?
Not quite: they come from Moncton, the closest ECCC normals location to Salisbury.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Salisbury →
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).