Climate and average weather in Fredericton Northside

In Fredericton Northside, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early June to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Fredericton Northside typically varies from -14°C to 25°C, and is rarely below -24°C or above 30°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Fredericton Northside for warm-weather activities is from early June to late September.

Hottest
Jul
25°
Coldest
Jan
-14°
Wettest
Oct
114 mm
Driest
Feb
81 mm
Rain / yr
1171 mm
133 wet days
Daylight
8.4–15.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
39 m
46.0°N
Clearest
Sep
60% cloud

Fredericton Northside weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early June to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Fredericton Northside, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.2 months, from May 22 to September 25, with daily high temperatures above 18°C. The hottest month of the year in Fredericton Northside is July, with an average high of 25°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from December 3 to March 11, with daily high temperatures below 2°C. The coldest month of the year in Fredericton Northside is January, with an average low of -14°C and high of -4°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in May.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-4-14
Feb-2-13
Mar3-7
Apr100
May175
Jun2211
Jul2514
Aug2413
Sep209
Oct133
Nov6-2
Dec-1-9

How hot and cold Fredericton Northside really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -22°C (around January 24), with roughly 200 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 118 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-4-4-21-14
Feb-3-2-20-13
Mar33-13-7
Apr1010-40
May171735
Jun22221011
Jul25251414
Aug24241313
Sep202079
Oct131303
Nov66-7-2
Dec-1-1-15-9

Average hourly temperature in Fredericton Northside

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 25°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -14°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Fredericton Northside weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -14°9210.48.68.90.0
Feb-3° / -13°819.18.2100.0
Mar / -7°9911.18.211.60.0
Apr10° / -0°8812.24.213.32.1
May17° / 10112.30.314.74.9
Jun22° / 11°10012.1015.56.1
Jul25° / 14°9811.7015.26.4
Aug24° / 13°8710.40146.8
Sep20° / 959.4012.36.2
Oct13° / 11411.20.710.73.3
Nov / -2°1031149.30.5
Dec-1° / -9°11311.888.50.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Fredericton Northside gets about 1171 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.2 months, from around Mar 26 to Jul 31, peaking in June at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 28.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 114 mm over about 11 wet days; February is the driest, with 81 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 28 · 42%Aug 28 · 31%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3410
Feb339
Mar3711
Apr4012
May4012
Jun3912
Jul3912
Aug3310
Sep319
Oct3611
Nov3711
Dec3712

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Fredericton Northside collects about 1171 mm of rain across 133 wet days — roughly 98 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 114 mm, while February is the driest at just 81 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 28% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec92819988101100988795114103113
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan92109
Feb8198
Mar99118
Apr88124
May101120
Jun100120
Jul98120
Aug87100
Sep9590
Oct114111
Nov103114
Dec113128

Snow in Fredericton Northside

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Fredericton Northside averages about 42 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 15 to May 13 — about 6.9 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 9 days of snow and an estimated 70 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 278 cm of snow.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 28
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan954
Feb870
Mar855
Apr420
May03
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct12
Nov422
Dec852

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Fredericton Northside, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around July 8 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around October 22. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 45% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around February 25 and lasts for 4.4 months, ending around July 7. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 69% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 27 · 47%May 31 · 29%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4456
Feb4159
Mar3466
Apr3268
May3169
Jun3367
Jul3961
Aug4555
Sep4555
Oct4060
Nov3664
Dec3961

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 21, brings about 15 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around December 20, only 8 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.98:115:01
Feb10.07:405:43
Mar11.66:486:24
Apr13.35:487:06
May14.75:017:45
Jun15.54:418:13
Jul15.24:568:09
Aug14.05:327:30
Sep12.36:116:30
Oct10.76:515:32
Nov9.37:364:48
Dec8.58:094:37

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Fredericton Northside averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 10 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.9 months, from around Dec 3 to Mar 1. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 9 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is June, down near 6 sunny days — about 36% fewer than the January peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedJan 2610 daysJun 15 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb8Mixed
Mar7Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug8Gloomy
Sep9Mixed
Oct8Gloomy
Nov6Gloomy
Dec8Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Fredericton Northside, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around June 14 to September 23. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 36% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 24 to June 13, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 23 · 100%Jul 27 · 57%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May96410
Jun6820102
Jul31332610
Aug3831238
Sep7117102
Oct95310
Nov99100
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Fredericton Northside is typically light breeze, near 12 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around Oct 9 to May 5. The windiest month is March, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 6 to Oct 8, with August the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 5 · 14 km/hAug 4 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul10calm
Aug10calm
Sep11calm
Oct12light breeze
Nov13light breeze
Dec13light breeze

Best time to visit Fredericton Northside

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Fredericton Northside throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid June, Fredericton Northside is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Fredericton Northside for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 23 · 7.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.1poor
Apr2.1poor
May4.9fair
Jun6.1good
Jul6.4good
Aug6.8good
Sep6.2good
Oct3.3poor
Nov0.5poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Fredericton Northside for hot-weather activities is from late June to early September, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 9 · 6.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Fredericton Northside, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 25°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -4°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Fredericton Northside sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Fredericton Northside by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fredericton Northside peaks around July 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Fredericton Northside

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 3.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar2.50
Apr5.50
May71.5
Jun7.52
Jul7.53.5
Aug60
Sep4.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Fredericton Northside typically lasts about 201 days, from around April 17 to November 3 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 10 to October 2.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 1610%Apr 1750%May 1090%Oct 290%Nov 350%Dec 1210%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan331
Feb428
Mar1231
Apr4830
May928
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep970
Oct7527
Nov3230
Dec931

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Fredericton Northside banks about 906 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02004006008001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May39
Jun185
Jul288
Aug266
Sep125
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Fredericton Northside receives about 3.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.3 and 5.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 13 to Sep 21. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.5 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.3 kWh/m² — roughly 77% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 205.6 kWhDec 141.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.6Dim
Feb2.6Moderate
Mar3.7Moderate
Apr4.5Bright
May5.1Bright
Jun5.5Bright
Jul5.5Bright
Aug4.9Bright
Sep3.8Moderate
Oct2.4Moderate
Nov1.5Dim
Dec1.3Dim

Where is Fredericton Northside?

Fredericton Northside sits at 46.0°N, 66.6°W, 39 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Fredericton, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Fredericton Northside

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Fredericton Northside.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fredericton Northside has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m around an average of 31 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 231 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 568 m.

The land around Fredericton Northside is covered by trees (48%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km
98 m
16 km
231 m
80 km
568 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Fredericton 4.0 km · Quispamsis 82 km · Saint John 91 km · Saint John West 91 km · Lutes Mountain 135 km · Riverview 141 km · Moncton 143 km · Miramichi 146 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 83% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$55,698
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Fredericton Northside (45.9759°, -66.6412°, elevation 39 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).