Photo: Scott Davis · CC BY 2.5Wakefield is wetter than 86% of Canadian towns: 1,161 mm of rain and snow a year
Expect July afternoons of about 25.3°C. Seasons differ by 41°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. In January, nights here are colder than in 72% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 180 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
No ECCC station in Wakefield has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Woodstock/Newbridge, 11 km south, instead.
A year in Wakefield at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wakefield’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Wakefield feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
180 frost days and 101 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 22 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 1,161 mm of rain and snow a 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
292 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 69 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Wakefield
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year.
Living with Wakefield’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Count on about 126 frost-free days: the last frost averages 18 May, the first 22 September.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Wakefield’s hazards page does.
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 | 11 km south |
| 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, 50 km |
How Wakefield 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
Places around Wakefield whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 24 km from Wakefield.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Woodstock/Newbridge | 25.3°C | −15.3°C | 1,161 mm |
| Wicklow 24 km · Aroostook | 25.7°C about the same | −17.5°C 2.2°C colder | 1,149 mm |
Wakefield 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 | −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 |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 2.9°C; the steadiest, August
March has the widest record range, −35.0°C in 2001 to 26.0°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Wakefield’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Woodstock/Newbridge, 1991–2020.
- 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: 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 Wakefield’s climate
How warm does Wakefield get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 25.3°C.
How cold does Wakefield get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −15.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Wakefield get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,161 mm of water a year; December brings the most (115 mm), April the least (84 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 125 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Wakefield itself?
They describe Woodstock/Newbridge, the nearest normals location, rather than Wakefield itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wakefield →
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).