Climate and average weather in Riverview

In Riverview, 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 Riverview typically varies from -13°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -23°C or above 28°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 Riverview for warm-weather activities is from early June to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-13°
Wettest
Dec
113 mm
Driest
Aug
77 mm
Rain / yr
1095 mm
134 wet days
Daylight
8.4–15.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
41 m
46.1°N
Clearest
Sep
59% cloud

Riverview is town in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Density
581/km²
people per km²
Founded
1733

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Riverview 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 Riverview, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 30 to September 26, with daily high temperatures above 17°C. The hottest month of the year in Riverview is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from December 6 to March 16, with daily high temperatures below 2°C. The coldest month of the year in Riverview is January, with an average low of -13°C and high of -3°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-3-13
Feb-2-12
Mar2-7
Apr90
May155
Jun2010
Jul2414
Aug2314
Sep1910
Oct134
Nov6-1
Dec0-8

How hot and cold Riverview 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 -21°C (around January 23), with roughly 198 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 116 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-3-3-20-13
Feb-2-2-19-12
Mar22-13-7
Apr99-50
May151525
Jun2020910
Jul24241414
Aug23231414
Sep1919810
Oct131314
Nov66-6-1
Dec00-14-8

Average hourly temperature in Riverview

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 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -13°C.

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

Riverview 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-3° / -13°9311.49.38.90.0
Feb-2° / -12°82108.9100.0
Mar / -7°9811.58.611.60.0
Apr / -1°8512.55.313.31.6
May15° / 8512.50.514.74.2
Jun20° / 10°9111.8015.55.9
Jul24° / 14°8211.5015.26.6
Aug23° / 14°779.80146.9
Sep19° / 10°939.3012.36.2
Oct13° / 9810.70.410.73.4
Nov / -1°9810.83.89.20.6
Dec / -8°11312.28.58.50.0

Chance of rain

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

Riverview gets about 1095 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 3.9 months, from around Mar 24 to Jul 19, peaking in April at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 26.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 113 mm over about 12 wet days; August is the driest, with 77 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 14 · 42%Aug 26 · 29%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3711
Feb3610
Mar3812
Apr4113
May4013
Jun3912
Jul3712
Aug3210
Sep319
Oct3511
Nov3611
Dec3812

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Riverview collects about 1095 mm of rain across 134 wet days — roughly 91 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 113 mm, while August is the driest at just 77 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 28% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec9382988585918277939898113
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan93119
Feb82109
Mar98129
Apr85135
May85131
Jun91120
Jul82120
Aug77100
Sep9390
Oct98110
Nov98114
Dec113129

Snow in Riverview

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.

Riverview averages about 45 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 19 to May 18 — about 7 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 10 days of snow and an estimated 72 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 311 cm of snow.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 8
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan957
Feb972
Mar964
Apr530
May14
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov425
Dec957

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Riverview, 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 June 18 and lasts for 4.1 months, ending around October 19. The clearest month is September, 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 18 and lasts for 3.9 months, ending around June 17. The cloudiest month is April, 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 · 46%Apr 10 · 30%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4357
Feb3961
Mar3466
Apr3169
May3367
Jun3664
Jul4159
Aug4555
Sep4555
Oct3961
Nov3565
Dec3862

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 18, brings about 15 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around December 18, 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)
Jan8.98:044:53
Feb10.07:325:35
Mar11.66:416:17
Apr13.35:406:59
May14.74:537:38
Jun15.54:338:06
Jul15.24:488:02
Aug14.05:247:23
Sep12.36:046:23
Oct10.76:445:24
Nov9.27:294:40
Dec8.58:024:29

Sunny days

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

Riverview 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 2.6 months, from around Dec 5 to Feb 21. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 9 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is June, down near 6 sunny days — about 38% fewer than the January peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedJan 2710 daysJun 45 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb7Mixed
Mar7Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug8Mixed
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 Riverview, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around June 16 to September 27. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 35% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 28 to June 15, 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 21 · 100%Jul 26 · 57%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May96400
Jun721891
Jul3233269
Aug3534247
Sep6819102
Oct94410
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 Riverview is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Oct 5 to Apr 21. The windiest month is March, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 22 to Oct 4, with August the calmest month at about 12 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 8 · 15 km/hAug 3 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr14light breeze
May13light breeze
Jun12light breeze
Jul12calm
Aug12calm
Sep13light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Best time to visit Riverview

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid June, Riverview 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 Riverview for general outdoor tourist activities is from early June to late September, with a peak score in the second week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 13 · 6.9

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
Mar0.0poor
Apr1.6poor
May4.2fair
Jun5.9good
Jul6.6good
Aug6.9good
Sep6.1good
Oct3.4poor
Nov0.6poor
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 Riverview for hot-weather activities is from late June to late August, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 3 · 5.8

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 Riverview, 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 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -3°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Riverview sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Riverview

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 39 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near -1°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan-1Bracing
Feb-1Bracing
Mar-1Bracing
Apr1Bracing
May6Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec2Bracing

UV index (midday) in Riverview 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 Riverview peaks around June 23 at about 7 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Riverview

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 June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4 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
Apr50
May7.52.5
Jun84
Jul84
Aug6.50
Sep50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Riverview typically lasts about 205 days, from around April 19 to November 9 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 13 to October 9.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 1810%Apr 1950%May 1390%Oct 990%Nov 950%Dec 1810%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan431
Feb428
Mar1131
Apr4630
May919
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep990
Oct8321
Nov4030
Dec1131

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. Riverview banks about 854 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
May19
Jun158
Jul277
Aug264
Sep130
Oct5
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.

Riverview receives about 3.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.2 and 5.7 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 5.6 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.2 kWh/m² — roughly 78% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 215.7 kWhDec 121.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.6Dim
Feb2.6Moderate
Mar3.7Moderate
Apr4.5Bright
May5.2Bright
Jun5.6Bright
Jul5.6Bright
Aug5.0Bright
Sep3.8Moderate
Oct2.5Moderate
Nov1.5Dim
Dec1.2Dim

Where is Riverview?

Riverview sits at 46.1°N, 64.8°W, 41 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Moncton, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Riverview

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Riverview has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 34 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 453 m.

The land around Riverview is covered by trees (56%) within 3 km, trees (74%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
230 m
80 km
453 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Moncton 5.0 km · Dieppe 10 km · Lutes Mountain 11 km · Quispamsis 113 km · Miramichi 120 km · Saint John 130 km · Charlottetown 132 km · Saint John West 132 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 Riverview (46.0545°, -64.816°, elevation 41 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).