Photo: Bethanyamurray · CC BY-SA 3.0Upper Miramichi is wetter than 90% of Canadian towns: 1,210 mm of rain and snow a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −16.0°C on average. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 75% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is November; the driest is February. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 135 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Borrowed figures: Upper Miramichi has no normals station, so these come from Doaktown, 23 km east.
A year in Upper Miramichi at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Upper Miramichi’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Upper Miramichi feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 188 frosts and 102 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 26 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,210 mm of rain and snow a year
9th wettest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
312 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 82 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Upper Miramichi
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Upper Miramichi’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 27 May to 19 September without frost, around 114 days in all.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Upper Miramichi’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Doaktown
Doaktown is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 23 km east |
| Station altitude | 57 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Fredericton (Airport), 74 km |
How Upper Miramichi 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Upper Miramichi’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Upper Miramichi with figures are 39–60 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Miramichi Doaktown | 25.8°C | −16.0°C | 1,210 mm |
| Stanley 39 km · Fredericton (Airport) | 25.9°C about the same | −14.6°C 1.4°C milder | 1,022 mm |
| Blackville 57 km · Miramichi | 25.5°C about the same | −15.3°C 0.7°C milder | 1,083 mm |
Upper Miramichi 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 | −4.6°C | −16.0°C | −10.3°C | 111 mm | 82 cm |
| February | −2.9°C | −15.7°C | −9.3°C | 84 mm | 63 cm |
| March | 2.1°C | −9.6°C | −3.8°C | 99 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 8.9°C | −2.4°C | 3.3°C | 88 mm | 19 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 3.7°C | 10.5°C | 102 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.7°C | 9.2°C | 16.0°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.8°C | 13.0°C | 19.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 11.8°C | 18.5°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 7.3°C | 13.8°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.7°C | 1.6°C | 7.2°C | 114 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.3°C | −3.4°C | 1.0°C | 116 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −1.2°C | −10.4°C | −5.8°C | 108 mm | 61 cm |
| Year | 11.0°C | −0.9°C | 5.0°C | 1,210 mm | 312 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.5°C; the steadiest month is August
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −34.0°C in 2001 to 19.0°C in 1993.
Where Upper Miramichi’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Doaktown from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Upper Miramichi’s climate
How warm does Upper Miramichi get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.8°C on a typical day.
How cold does Upper Miramichi get in winter?
Lows sink to −16.0°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Upper Miramichi get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,210 mm; the range runs from 84 mm in February to 116 mm in November.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 144 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Upper Miramichi itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Doaktown, since Upper Miramichi has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Upper Miramichi →
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).