More rain and snow fall on Woodstock than on 86% of Canadian towns: 1,161 mm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 25.3°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 72% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 41°C. Windshields need scraping on about 180 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Read at Woodstock/Newbridge, 5.9 km north-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Woodstock at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Woodstock’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in New Brunswick beside it.
What a year in Woodstock feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
180 frost days and 101 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 22 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,161 mm of precipitation in a typical year
December brings the most rain and snow; April, the least. Some 125 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 292 cm in a normal year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 69 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Woodstock
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 Woodstock’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
From about 18 May to 22 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 126 days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Woodstock’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Woodstock/Newbridge
Woodstock/Newbridge is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 5.9 km north-east |
| 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, 66 km |
How Woodstock 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 Woodstock’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 40–49 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Woodstock.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodstock Woodstock/Newbridge | 25.3°C | −15.3°C | 1,161 mm |
| Wicklow 40 km · Aroostook | 25.7°C about the same | −17.5°C 2.2°C colder | 1,149 mm |
| Queensbury 49 km · Fredericton (Airport) | 25.9°C 0.6°C warmer | −14.6°C 0.7°C milder | 1,022 mm |
Woodstock 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 | −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 |
From year to year, February moves by 2.9°C, more than any month, and August least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −35.0°C in 2001 and a high of 26.0°C in 2012.
Where Woodstock’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Woodstock/Newbridge: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Woodstock’s climate
How warm does Woodstock get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.3°C.
How cold does Woodstock get in winter?
January nights average −15.3°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Woodstock get?
Around 1,161 mm a year in all, from 115 mm in December down to 84 mm in April.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 125 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Woodstock itself?
They are the normals for Woodstock/Newbridge, measured just outside Woodstock itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Woodstock →
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).