Photo: WoodstockTourism · CC BY-SA 3.0More rain and snow fall on Woodstock than on 86% of Canadian towns: 1,161 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.3°C. December is the wettest month, April the driest. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 72% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 125 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Woodstock/Newbridge (2.8 km north-east).
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
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 180 days, 20°C on 101
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
1,161 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 292 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 69 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 Woodstock
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C.
Living with Woodstock’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
On average the last spring frost comes around 18 May and the first autumn frost around 22 September: about 126 frost-free days between.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Woodstock’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Woodstock/Newbridge
ECCC builds the Woodstock/Newbridge normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 2.8 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, 63 km |
How Woodstock compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in New Brunswick.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Woodstock whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Woodstock with figures are 36–55 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodstock Woodstock/Newbridge | 25.3°C | −15.3°C | 1,161 mm |
| Wicklow 36 km · Aroostook | 25.7°C about the same | −17.5°C 2.2°C colder | 1,149 mm |
| Queensbury 50 km · Fredericton (Airport) | 25.9°C 0.6°C warmer | −14.6°C 0.7°C milder | 1,022 mm |
Woodstock 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 |
March: −35.0°C at its coldest, 26.0°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 2.9°C from −9.2°C. August moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Woodstock’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Woodstock/Newbridge, 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: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
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?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,161 mm: 115 mm in December, the wettest month, and 84 mm in April, the driest.
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?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Woodstock/Newbridge, just outside Woodstock’s boundary.
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).