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Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000

The minimum number of years used to calculate these Normals is indicated by a code for each element. A "+" beside an extreme date indicates that this date is the first occurrence of the extreme value. Values and dates in bold indicate all-time extremes for the location.

NOTE!! Data used in the calculation of these Normals may be subject to further quality assurance checks. This may result in minor changes to some values presented here.

MONCTON A *
NEW BRUNSWICK
Latitude: Longitude: Elevation:
Climate ID: WMO ID: TC ID:

* This station meets WMO standards for temperature and precipitation.

Temperature:Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Code
Daily Average (°C)-8.9 -8 -2.9 3.2 9.9 15.1 18.6 17.9 13 7.1 1.4 -5.5 5.1 A
Standard Deviation2 2.2 1.8 1.2 1.5 1 1.1 0.8 1.3 1.2 1.5 2.6 0.8 A
Daily Maximum (°C)-3.6 -2.7 2 8 15.9 21.3 24.5 23.8 18.8 12.4 5.6 -0.7 10.4 A
Daily Minimum (°C)-14.3 -13.2 -7.8 -1.7 3.9 8.9 12.6 12 7.2 1.8 -2.9 -10.3 -0.3 A
Extreme Maximum (°C)16.1 15.3 18.9 28.3 34.2 34.4 35.6 37.2 33.3 26.1 22.9 17.8    
Date (yyyy/dd)1999/24 1994/20 1945/29 1942/25 1977/23 1944/29 1949/30 1944/12 1942/01 1946/05 1982/05 1966/11  
Extreme Minimum (°C)-32.2 -31.7 -27.4 -16.1 -6.1 -2.1 1.2 0.6 -3.3 -10 -17.4 -29    
Date (yyyy/dd)1957/14 1962/02 1989/07 1969/04 1945/03 1978/02 2000/12 1965/31 1947/29 1944/31 1978/22 1989/30  
Precipitation:
Rainfall (mm)41.5 26.8 45.9 57.2 91.5 91.5 103.3 79.5 92.7 99.5 81.1 54.9 865.4 A
Snowfall (cm)80.1 68.1 70.8 35.8 4.5 0 0 0 0 3.4 21.7 65.6 349.9 A
Precipitation (mm)119.2 92.9 123.6 99.3 97.1 91.5 103.3 79.5 92.7 103.8 104.5 115.8 1223.2 A
Average Snow Depth (cm)23 28 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 8 A
Median Snow Depth (cm)23 27 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 A
Snow Depth at Month-end (cm)21 30 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17 7 A
Extreme Daily Rainfall (mm)66.7 46.7 37.2 131.8 62.4 61.7 77 66 99.6 103.1 62.2 48.6    
Date (yyyy/dd)1979/08 1958/08 1980/14 1962/01 2001/14 1968/13 1983/22 1968/25 1940/16 1968/21 1959/16 1980/03  
Extreme Daily Snowfall (cm)62.6 83 64.5 45.7 28.8 0 0 0 0 26.7 39.2 45.2    
Date (yyyy/dd)1982/02 1992/01 1999/07 1946/10 1995/07 1940/01 1940/01 1940/01 1940/01 1974/20 1997/27 1970/04  
Extreme Daily Precipitation (mm)73.6 78.2 64.5 131.8 62.4 61.7 77 66 99.6 103.1 62.5 61    
Date (yyyy/dd)1978/14 1992/01 1999/07 1962/01 2001/14 1968/13 1983/22 1968/25 1940/16 1968/21 1968/08 1967/04  
Extreme Snow Depth (cm)114 119 152 119 18 0 0 0 0 20 38 168    
Date (yyyy/dd)1971/01 1992/10 1967/26 1967/01 1995/08 1955/01 1955/01 1955/01 1955/01 1974/21 1989/24 1970/27  
Days with Maximum Temperature:
<= 0 °C21.6 18.8 11.4 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 4.2 16.8 74.2 A
> 0 °C9.4 9.4 19.6 28.7 31 30 31 31 30 31 25.8 14.2 291 A
> 10 °C0.87 0.60 2.4 10 25.4 29.6 31 31 29.6 20.4 6.2 1.8 188.9 A
> 20 °C0 0 0 0.73 7.8 18.2 26.8 25.9 10.3 1.7 0.13 0 91.6 A
> 30 °C0 0 0 0 0.23 0.73 1.6 1.4 0.10 0 0 0 4.1 A
> 35 °C0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A
Days with Minimum Temperature:
> 0 °C0.63 1 2.5 8.3 26.1 29.8 31 31 28.6 18.5 8.1 1.8 187.3 A
<= 2 °C30.8 28.1 30.1 26.3 10.4 1.3 0.03 0 4.2 17.1 24.9 30.3 203.5 A
<= 0 °C30.4 27.3 28.5 21.7 4.9 0.23 0 0 1.4 12.5 21.9 29.2 178 A
< -2 °C28.9 26.4 25.2 13.3 1.5 0.03 0 0 0.23 6.8 17 26.7 146 A
< -10 °C22 19.2 10.5 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 16 70.6 A
< -20 °C7.3 4.8 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16.3 A
< - 30 °C0.27 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.30 A
Days with Rainfall:
>= 0.2 mm6.4 4.8 7.7 11.8 14.7 14.3 13.7 11.8 12.2 13.1 12.6 7.9 131.1 A
>= 5 mm2.5 1.7 2.9 3.9 5.5 5.6 5.6 4.7 5.3 5.9 4.8 3.4 51.9 A
>= 10 mm1.5 0.80 1.7 2 3 3.3 3.3 2.4 3.2 3.4 2.4 1.7 28.7 A
>= 25 mm0.23 0.17 0.27 0.20 0.50 0.53 0.83 0.63 0.73 0.90 0.63 0.50 6.1 A
Days With Snowfall:
>= 0.2 cm13.5 11.8 11.1 7.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.86 5.7 12.6 63.9 A
>= 5 cm4.5 3.8 4 2.5 0.33 0 0 0 0 0.21 1.4 4.4 21.2 A
>= 10 cm2.4 2.3 2.3 1.2 0.13 0 0 0 0 0.10 0.70 2.2 11.3 A
>= 25 cm0.60 0.47 0.53 0.07 0.03 0 0 0 0 0.03 0.07 0.33 2.1 A
Days with Precipitation:
>= 0.2 mm16.6 13.8 15.3 15.5 15.1 14.3 13.7 11.8 12.2 13.5 15.6 17.1 174.5 A
>= 5 mm6.1 5.3 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.6 5.6 4.7 5.3 6 5.8 7.2 70.5 A
>= 10 mm4 3.1 4.3 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.3 2.4 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.8 41 A
>= 25 mm1.1 0.67 1.2 0.50 0.57 0.53 0.83 0.63 0.73 1 1 0.93 9.8 A
Days with Snow Depth:
>= 1 cm27.9 26 27.1 11.5 0.40 0 0 0 0 0.41 5.5 20.5 119.2 A
>= 5 cm23.9 23.5 23.1 7.4 0.20 0 0 0 0 0.14 2.7 15.8 96.7 A
>= 10 cm20.4 20.6 19.4 4 0.10 0 0 0 0 0.07 1.4 12 78 A
>= 20 cm15 13.9 13.9 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 0.67 7.8 53.6 A
Wind:
Speed (km/h)19.1 18.2 19.2 18.3 16.6 14.9 13.3 13 14.4 16.1 17.7 18.7 16.6 A
Most Frequent DirectionSW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW A
Maximum Hourly Speed (km/h)80 92 80 89 64 65 56 61 103 80 76 80    
Date (yyyy/dd)1963/28 1974/18 1956/09 1962/16 1961/26 1993/23 1996/14 1954/12 1954/11 1963/29 2001/07 1962/30  
Maximum Gust Speed (km/h)129 135 161 137 121 109 145 89 124 122 126 126    
Date (yyyy/dd)1963/27 1976/02 1963/07 1963/11 1961/26 1963/10 1974/03 1962/09 1989/23 1962/29 1959/26 1985/02  
Direction of Maximum GustSW S SW N SW NW W N S SW SW W SW  
Days with Winds >= 52 km/h3.5 2.5 3 1.8 1 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.2 1.9 3 19.8 A
Days with Winds >= 63 km/h0.8 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.6 1 4.9 A
Degree Days:
Above 24 °C0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.7 A
Above 18 °C0 0 0 0 1.5 13.8 45.2 36.7 5.8 0.2 0 0 103.2 A
Above 15 °C0 0 0 0 7.9 47.8 116.2 98.6 22.6 1.7 0.2 0 295.1 A
Above 10 °C0 0 0.2 3.4 52.7 158.1 266.4 244.5 103.4 19.9 3.1 0 851.7 A
Above 5 °C1 0.7 4.3 25.3 158.1 303.6 421.4 399.4 240.5 89 22 2.7 1668 A
Above 0 °C8.7 8.6 30.4 106.2 306.7 453.6 576.4 554.4 390.3 221.6 82.2 18.9 2758 A
Below 0 °C285.9 234.4 120.8 11.3 0 0 0 0 0 1 41.7 190.5 885.6 A
Below 5 °C433.2 367.9 249.7 80.4 6.5 0 0 0 0.2 23.4 131.5 329.2 1621.9 A
Below 10 °C587.2 508.5 400.6 208.5 56.1 4.6 0 0 13.1 109.2 262.6 481.6 2632 A
Below 15 °C742.2 649.8 555.4 355.1 166.3 44.2 4.8 9.2 82.3 246.1 409.7 636.6 3901.8 A
Below 18 °C835.2 734.6 648.4 445.1 252.8 100.3 26.8 40.3 155.5 337.5 499.5 729.6 4805.6 A
Bright Sunshine:
Total Hours115.1 124.4 139.2 158.2 204.9 228.9 248.4 243.8 167.4 142.3 102.8 95.3 1970.6 A
Days with measureable22.4 21.6 22.5 22.6 26.1 27 29.1 28.7 26.5 25.5 21.7 19.7 293.4 A
% of possible daylight hours40.9 42.8 37.8 39 44.2 48.6 52.1 55.6 44.4 41.9 36.1 35.3 43.2 A
Extreme Daily9.4 10.6 11.1 13.8 14.8 15.5 14.6 14.1 12.7 10.6 9.6 9.1   A
Date (yyyy/dd)1985/28 1995/25 1997/16 1991/25 1980/30 1978/16 1999/20 1984/04 1999/01 1974/13 1977/05 1994/01  
Humidex:
Extreme Humidex18.2 15.8 17.5 25.8 37.6 40.6 43.5 44.5 38.9 31.2 28.2 20.3    
Date (yyyy/dd)1999/24 2000/28 1976/21 1977/22 1977/23 1969/28 1969/16 2002/15 2001/09 2002/02 1982/05 1966/11  
Days with Humidex >= 300 0 0 0 0.5 4.5 11 9.4 2 0.1 0 0 27.5 A
Days with Humidex >= 350 0 0 0 0.1 0.9 2.4 2.2 0.2 0 0 0 5.9 A
Days with Humidex >= 400 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.3 A
Wind Chill:
Extreme Wind Chill-49.4 -46 -39.3 -27.7 -12.6 -5 -3.2 -2.5 -9 -14.7 -27.1 -43.5    
Date (yyyy/dd)1982/18 1967/13 1989/07 1995/05 1974/02 1958/10 1962/03 1965/31 1989/28 1959/22 1989/30 1980/26  
Days with Wind Chill < -2017.8 14.5 6.5 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 11.8 51.4 A
Days with Wind Chill < -306.2 4 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 13.6 A
Days with Wind Chill < -400.5 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.8 A
Humidity:
Average Vapour Pressure (kPa)0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.8 A
Average Relative Humidity - 0600LST (%)79.6 79.4 82.2 86.2 87.3 89.9 91.4 93 93.3 89.5 86.8 83.5 86.8 A
Average Relative Humidity - 1500LST (%)69 65.3 64.4 62.6 58.3 58.7 59.7 59.8 61.8 63.2 70.7 73.3 63.9 A
Pressure:
Average Station Pressure (kPa)100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.5 100.4 100.4 100.6 100.7 100.7 100.5 100.5 100.5 A
Average Sea Level Pressure (kPa)101.3 101.4 101.3 101.2 101.4 101.3 101.3 101.5 101.6 101.6 101.4 101.4 101.4 A
Visibility (hours with):
< 1 km22.9 21.9 29.8 21.7 14 14.3 13.9 11.1 10.7 13 11.8 16.7 201.8 B
1 to 9 km112.6 106.8 121.8 116.7 91 85.3 92.4 98.3 73.5 66.4 85.7 116.6 1166.9 B
> 9 km608.5 549.8 592.5 581.6 639 620.4 637.8 634.6 635.8 664.6 622.5 610.7 7397.7 B
Cloud Amount (hours with):
0 to 2 tenths229.3 209.8 200.3 148.1 147.5 128.4 133 167.6 184.4 190.2 167 201.2 2106.8 B
3 to 7 tenths128.1 117.9 127.1 124.6 167.5 208.6 241.4 233.2 189.7 169.7 130.7 119.2 1957.8 B
8 to 10 tenths386.6 350.8 416.6 447.3 429 383.1 369.5 343.1 345.9 384.1 422.3 423.6 4701.9 B



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