New Brunswick Weather: Something to Please Everyone.
New Brunswick Weather could be described as a toss-up. The famous saying around here is: “If you don’t like the weather just wait 5 minutes.” and I have to admit that it is true. It can be raining in one area and sunny a half-hour away. New Brunswick definately has all four seasons and the changes in seasons are quite dramatic. Traditional New Brunswick weather makes January the coldest month and July the hottest month.
Winter in New Brunswick can be very cold with temperatures in the North West reaching –30 to –35C every winter in January and February. The all time lowest temperature recorded in the province, a whopping –47.2C, was near Plaster Rock in February of 1955. This is also the lowest temperature ever recorded in the Maritimes.
Fundy coastal communities receive moist air off the Ocean most of the year. This causes mild spells in the winter and cool New Brunswick weather even on the hottest days of the summer. I remember as a kid driving to Fundy National Park to spend the day if it was too hot to work outside on the farm. It didn’t happen very often but it
sure was nice when it did.
In the South winter isn't quite as cold as it is in other areas of the province since the temperature is more affected by the ocean water. New Brunswick is the snowiest of the Maritime Provinces with the northwest receiving an annual 300-400cm of snow while the southeast receives 200-300cm.
Thunderstorms are seen more often in New Brunswick than in the other Maritime Provinces but only one thunderstorm a year is severe enough to produce hail. Although the Fundy fog is common in places such as Saint John, it rarely lasts past mid-morning.
The shallow waters of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence along the eastern part of the province warm up very quickly. These waters do not get the tidal change as we see on the Fundy coast thus allowing it to warm up quicker giving New Brunswick some of the warmest salt water beaches north of Virginia. The wind is not as much a factor on the Gulf coast either since the water and air temperature are much closer. The highest recorded temperature in the province is 39.4C back in 1935 in Rexton and in the Woodstock areas.
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Summer brings comfortable temperatures of 20-22C on the Fundy Coast and an inland temperature of 25C and higher by about noon.
