Neither notably warm, cold, wet nor dry, Starlight Village sits near the middle of Canadian towns
About 1,022 mm of rain and snow falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 25.9°C and January nights drop to −14.6°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 70% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 41°C across the year, low to high. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are not Starlight Village’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Fredericton (Airport), 18 km east.
A year in Starlight Village at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Starlight Village’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Starlight Village feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 172 frosts and 108 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 17 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,022 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in October, the least in February. Some 108 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
241 cm of snow in a typical year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 64 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Starlight Village
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days.
Living with Starlight Village’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 14 May to about 27 September, some 135 days in a normal year.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 41 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Plan shade and water for about 37 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
A typical year is calm by definition; Starlight Village’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fredericton (Airport)
ECCC builds the Fredericton (Airport) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 18 km east |
| Station altitude | 21 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.4°C |
| Average wind | 12.2 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Woodstock/Newbridge, 69 km |
How Starlight Village 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 Starlight Village’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Starlight Village with figures are 39–65 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starlight Village Fredericton (Airport) | 25.9°C | −14.6°C | 1,022 mm |
| Nackawic 39 km · Woodstock/Newbridge | 25.3°C 0.6°C cooler | −15.3°C 0.7°C colder | 1,161 mm |
| McAdam 55 km · St. Stephen | 25.7°C about the same | −13.6°C 1.0°C milder | 1,161 mm |
| Greenwich 65 km · Saint John | 23.0°C 2.9°C cooler | −13.2°C 1.4°C milder | 1,271 mm |
Starlight Village weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.8°C | −14.6°C | −9.2°C | 86 mm | 64 cm |
| February | −2.3°C | −13.9°C | −8.1°C | 63 mm | 49 cm |
| March | 3.3°C | −7.8°C | −2.1°C | 88 mm | 46 cm |
| April | 10.2°C | −1.1°C | 4.6°C | 77 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 17.6°C | 4.7°C | 11.2°C | 79 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 9.9°C | 16.4°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.4°C | 19.7°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.3°C | 12.3°C | 18.9°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 7.6°C | 14.2°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.5°C | 1.9°C | 7.7°C | 106 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.3°C | −2.9°C | 1.7°C | 97 mm | 13 cm |
| December | −0.3°C | −9.6°C | −5.0°C | 93 mm | 52 cm |
| Year | 11.6°C | 0.0°C | 5.8°C | 1,022 mm | 241 cm |
March: −27.4°C at its coldest, 27.2°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 2.5°C from −9.2°C. August moves least, typically by 0.9°C.
Where Starlight Village’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Fredericton (Airport), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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 Starlight Village’s climate
How warm does Starlight Village get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.9°C.
How cold does Starlight Village get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −14.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Starlight Village get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,022 mm of water a year; October brings the most (106 mm), February the least (63 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 109 days a year.
Are these figures for Starlight Village itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Fredericton (Airport), since Starlight Village has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Starlight Village →
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).