Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainBedford is wetter than 94% of Canadian towns: 1,340 mm of rain and snow a year
In January the night’s low is typically −12.9°C. July is the wettest month, February the driest. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Bedford has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Frelighsburg, 14 km south-east.
A year in Bedford at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bedford’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Bedford feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
151 frost days and 117 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 13 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
1,340 mm of precipitation in a typical year
2nd wettest of 513 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec. About 156 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Sutton, 24 km away (Frelighsburg records no complete year of either).
Snowfall: about 321 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 68 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Bedford
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. That means homes here need less heating than 66% of Canadian towns.
Living with Bedford’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 28 days a year.
Roughly 45 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Bedford’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Frelighsburg
Frelighsburg is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 14 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 224 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Sutton, 24 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −37.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Average wind | 8.2 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Sutton, 24 km |
How Bedford 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 Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Bedford’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Frelighsburg | 25.6°C | −12.9°C | 1,340 mm |
| Saint-Armand 11 km · Frelighsburg | 25.6°C about the same | −12.9°C about the same | 1,340 mm |
| Dunham 16 km · Sutton | 25.3°C about the same | −13.5°C 0.6°C colder | 1,340 mm |
| Saint-Alexandre 17 km · L'Acadie | 26.6°C 1.0°C warmer | −13.6°C 0.7°C colder | 1,226 mm |
Bedford 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 | −3.4°C | −12.9°C | −8.1°C | 97 mm | 63 cm |
| February | −1.9°C | −11.8°C | −6.8°C | 84 mm | 62 cm |
| March | 3.0°C | −6.6°C | −1.8°C | 100 mm | 58 cm |
| April | 11.0°C | 0.5°C | 5.8°C | 111 mm | 26 cm |
| May | 18.7°C | 7.4°C | 13.1°C | 115 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 23.0°C | 12.4°C | 17.7°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 15.1°C | 20.3°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.6°C | 14.2°C | 19.4°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.5°C | 10.0°C | 15.3°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 4.3°C | 8.7°C | 127 mm | 9 cm |
| November | 6.5°C | −1.6°C | 2.5°C | 112 mm | 34 cm |
| December | −0.2°C | −8.4°C | −4.3°C | 111 mm | 68 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 1.9°C | 6.8°C | 1,340 mm | 321 cm |
A January here can run from −37.0°C to 18.4°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 3.1°C of its normal of −8.1°C; June keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Bedford’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Frelighsburg from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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: 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 Bedford’s climate
How warm does Bedford get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 25.6°C.
How cold does Bedford get in winter?
Lows sink to −12.9°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Bedford get?
A normal year brings 1,340 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 128 mm, February driest at 84 mm.
Are these figures for Bedford itself?
They are borrowed from Frelighsburg, the nearest place to Bedford where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bedford →
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