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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.

MIRAMICHI A *
NEW BRUNSWICK
Latitude: 47°00'34.090" N Longitude: 65°28'04.040" W Elevation: 32.90 m
Climate ID: 8101000 WMO ID: TC ID:

* This station meets WMO standards for temperature and precipitation.

Normals from to  
January-June January-December+Year July-December
Temperature:Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Code
Daily Average (°C)-10.7 -9.1 -3.3 3.1 10 15.9 19.2 18.3 13 6.6 0.5 -6.9 4.7 A
Standard Deviation1.8 2.3 1.8 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.2 1 1.3 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.8 A
Daily Maximum (°C)-4.8 -3.2 2.1 8.2 16.3 22.3 25.3 24.4 19 12 4.7 -1.9 10.4 A
Daily Minimum (°C)-16.4 -14.9 -8.7 -2 3.7 9.5 13.1 12.1 6.9 1.2 -3.8 -11.9 -0.9 A
Extreme Maximum (°C)13.6 15.3 22.8 28.1 35.3 36.7 36.7 37.8 33.1 27.8 21.1 15.6    
Date (yyyy/dd)1979/03 1994/20 1962/30 1990/27 1977/23 1944/29 1963/26 1944/12 2001/09 1968/16 1956/01 1950/05  
Extreme Minimum (°C)-34.5 -35 -31.4 -17.2 -8.9 -2.2 2.8 0.6 -5 -8.9 -20.4 -30    
Date (yyyy/dd)1994/26 1962/02 1997/09 1964/02 1946/02 1946/19 1965/02 1947/30 1950/22 1944/31 1989/30 1943/23  
Precipitation:
Rainfall (mm)29.1 18.6 31.5 58.1 95.8 89.3 106.1 89.2 85 94.8 73.2 42.3 812.8 A
Snowfall (cm)70.3 54.6 64.3 29.6 1.7 0 0 0 0 2.5 26.7 60.3 310.1 A
Precipitation (mm)95.5 72.1 94.3 89.2 97.7 89.3 106.1 89.2 85.5 97.4 99.4 99.4 1115 A
Average Snow Depth (cm)38 42 37 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 12 A
Median Snow Depth (cm)38 40 35 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 A
Snow Depth at Month-end (cm)39 46 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 26 12 A
Extreme Daily Rainfall (mm)57.7 53.8 52.2 59.9 58.3 47.5 93 82.4 72.9 63.2 64.5 49.3    
Date (yyyy/dd)1958/16 1954/04 1998/09 1980/23 2001/14 1956/15 1996/13 1998/11 1969/09 1963/29 1950/27 1974/03  
Extreme Daily Snowfall (cm)44.5 42.7 53.8 58.2 16.8 0 0 0 0.5 19 44.2 58.7    
Date (yyyy/dd)1963/27 1943/01 1976/17 1975/04 1967/08 1943/01 1943/01 1943/01 1950/25 2000/29 1986/21 1967/04  
Extreme Daily Precipitation (mm)58.2 53.8 62 59.9 58.3 47.5 93 82.4 72.9 66.3 64.5 55.9    
Date (yyyy/dd)1958/16 1954/04 1963/06 1980/23 2001/14 1956/15 1996/13 1998/11 1969/09 1963/29 1950/27 1964/01  
Extreme Snow Depth (cm)110 133 118 106 25 0 0 0 0 10 48 81    
Date (yyyy/dd)1998/31 1995/18 1995/07 1997/03 1961/01 1955/01 1955/01 1955/01 1955/01 1974/21 1974/27 1970/27  
Days with Maximum Temperature:
<= 0 °C23.8 19.6 10.8 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 5.2 18.6 79.2 A
> 0 °C7.2 8.7 20.2 28.9 31 30 31 31 30 31 24.8 12.4 286.1 A
> 10 °C0.37 0.47 2.2 9.6 25.4 29.6 31 31 29.6 19.8 4.7 0.77 184.5 A
> 20 °C0 0 0.03 0.87 8.4 19.5 27.2 26.1 10.9 1.3 0.07 0 94.4 A
> 30 °C0 0 0 0 0.40 2.4 3.6 2.9 0.28 0 0 0 9.6 A
> 35 °C0 0 0 0 0.03 0 0.13 0.13 0 0 0 0 0.29 A
Days with Minimum Temperature:
> 0 °C0.40 0.80 2 7.9 25.3 29.8 31 31 28.2 17.5 6.6 0.93 181.5 A
<= 2 °C30.9 28.1 30.3 27.2 11.1 0.97 0 0.03 4.6 18.9 26.5 30.8 209.3 A
<= 0 °C30.6 27.5 29 22.1 5.7 0.17 0 0 1.8 13.5 23.4 30.1 183.8 A
< -2 °C29.8 26.6 25.8 13.9 1.6 0 0 0 0.28 7.5 19 27.8 152.4 A
< -10 °C24.6 21.1 12.4 0.70 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 18.1 80.2 A
< -20 °C10.6 7.8 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 4.6 24.7 A
< - 30 °C0.60 0.13 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.76 A
Days with Rainfall:
>= 0.2 mm4.6 3 6.5 10.8 14.9 13.7 14.8 13.2 12.3 13.6 11 5.9 124.4 A
>= 5 mm1.9 1.2 2.2 3.6 6.2 5.7 5.7 4.8 4.7 5.2 4.4 2.4 48 A
>= 10 mm1.2 0.67 1.1 1.9 3.1 2.9 3.6 2.7 2.9 3.3 2.4 1.4 27.2 A
>= 25 mm0.20 0.10 0.07 0.30 0.63 0.63 0.80 0.60 0.66 0.79 0.50 0.43 5.7 A
Days With Snowfall:
>= 0.2 cm12 9.8 10.1 6 0.63 0 0 0 0 0.76 5.8 11.4 56.6 A
>= 5 cm4.4 3.4 4 2.1 0.07 0 0 0 0 0.17 1.6 4.2 20 A
>= 10 cm2.3 1.7 2.1 0.83 0.07 0 0 0 0 0.07 0.60 1.9 9.6 A
>= 25 cm0.30 0.27 0.37 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.17 0.17 1.3 A
Days with Precipitation:
>= 0.2 mm14.3 11.3 14.1 14.3 15.1 13.7 14.8 13.2 12.4 13.9 14.4 14.4 165.8 A
>= 5 mm6 4.5 6 5.7 6.3 5.7 5.7 4.8 4.7 5.3 5.9 6.4 67.1 A
>= 10 mm3.6 2.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.9 3.6 2.7 3 3.4 3.4 3.5 38.6 A
>= 25 mm0.57 0.37 0.60 0.40 0.63 0.63 0.80 0.60 0.66 0.83 0.73 0.63 7.5 A
Days with Snow Depth:
>= 1 cm30.3 28.2 29.3 14.7 0.43 0 0 0 0 0.17 7.8 24.5 135.3 C
>= 5 cm29.9 27.7 27.7 11.4 0.10 0 0 0 0 0.14 4.6 20.3 121.9 C
>= 10 cm28.6 26 25.9 9.1 0.03 0 0 0 0 0.03 2.6 16.3 108.6 C
>= 20 cm23.4 20.7 21.2 5.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.61 9.8 81.5 C
Wind:
Speed (km/h)14.2 14.4 15.9 14.6 13.9 12.9 11.8 11.2 12.4 12.9 14.2 14.2 13.5 C
Most Frequent DirectionW W W NE NE S SW SW SW SW W W SW C
Maximum Hourly Speed (km/h)72 89 72 72 77 74 64 56 89 64 72 77    
Date (yyyy/dd)1956/10 1955/12 1963/06 1962/14 1961/26 1957/30 1953/06 1953/01 1960/13 1955/25 1959/06 1960/17  
Maximum Gust Speed (km/h)105 109 113 103 129 116 89 124 135 113 121 143    
Date (yyyy/dd)1959/17 2001/06 1957/09 1962/13 1961/26 1958/14 1960/21 2001/10 1960/13 1990/19 1963/30 1960/17  
Direction of Maximum GustS NE NE NE S SW NW SW S S S S S  
Days with Winds >= 52 km/h2.4 1.6 1.7 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.9 1.5 2.4 14.5 C
Days with Winds >= 63 km/h0.8 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 4.1 C
Degree Days:
Above 24 °C0 0 0 0 0.1 0.9 2.8 1.8 0.1 0 0 0 5.7 A
Above 18 °C0 0 0 0 2.8 26.7 60.9 46.3 7.3 0.2 0 0 144.3 A
Above 15 °C0 0 0 0.2 10.9 65.9 134.5 109.6 24 1.4 0 0 346.5 A
Above 10 °C0 0 0 3.2 55.2 179.8 285.9 257.1 102.8 15.2 1.7 0 900.9 A
Above 5 °C0.2 0.6 3.2 22.2 161.6 326.5 440.9 412 239.8 76.2 14.5 0.7 1698.5 A
Above 0 °C4.1 6.4 26.1 104.2 311.1 476.5 595.9 567 389.6 205.7 64.9 10.5 2761.9 A
Below 0 °C334.3 263.1 128.8 11.4 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 50.3 224.1 1013 A
Below 5 °C485.5 398.7 261 79.4 5.5 0 0 0 0.2 26.4 149.9 369.3 1775.9 A
Below 10 °C640.2 539.4 412.7 210.4 54.1 3.4 0 0.1 13.1 120.4 287.1 523.6 2804.5 A
Below 15 °C795.2 680.8 567.7 357.5 164.9 39.5 3.6 7.6 84.3 261.6 435.4 678.6 4076.5 A
Below 18 °C888.2 765.6 660.7 447.2 249.7 90.3 23 37.3 157.7 353.4 525.3 771.6 4970.1 A
Bright Sunshine:
Total Hours120 128 148.1 156.5 207.2 231.1 250.5 235.3 173.4 140 102.2 100.9 1993.4 D
Days with measureable23.4 22 23 22.4 25.6 26.7 28.6 28.3 26.2 25.4 21 21.2 293.6 D
% of possible daylight hours43.1 44.2 40.2 38.4 44.4 48.7 52.2 53.4 45.9 41.4 36.2 37.9 43.8 D
Extreme Daily9 10.6 11.5 13.6 15.1 15.9 15.3 14.4 12.3 10.4 9.5 8.4   C
Date (yyyy/dd)1989/25 1982/18 1990/29 1976/29 1972/24 1975/10 1975/01 1972/02 1986/03 1971/13 1972/01 1971/02  
Humidex:
Extreme Humidex14.7 15 22.2 29.3 37.6 41.7 49.9 43.6 39.4 31 25.3 18    
Date (yyyy/dd)1979/03 1994/20 1962/30 1990/27 1978/29 1975/27 1998/16 2002/15 2001/09 2002/02 1982/05 1966/11  
Days with Humidex >= 300 0 0 0 0.9 5 11.8 10 1.9 0 0 0 29.6 C
Days with Humidex >= 350 0 0 0 0.1 1.3 3.1 2.9 0.4 0 0 0 7.8 C
Days with Humidex >= 400 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0 0 0 0 0.7 C
Wind Chill:
Extreme Wind Chill-48 -46 -36 -24.7 -13.3 -2.5 0.4 -3.7 -7.6 -13.1 -28.8 -40.4    
Date (yyyy/dd)1982/18 1962/02 1989/07 1995/05 1974/02 1958/10 1965/02 1965/31 1980/29 1965/30 1989/30 1980/26  
Days with Wind Chill < -2019.1 14.8 6.3 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.8 54 C
Days with Wind Chill < -306.3 4 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 13.8 C
Days with Wind Chill < -400.4 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.6 C
Humidity:
Average Vapour Pressure (kPa)0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.6 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.8 C
Average Relative Humidity - 0600LST (%)81.8 81.5 81.5 83.7 84.6 84.5 87.6 89.5 89.1 86.1 84.5 82.8 84.8 C
Average Relative Humidity - 1500LST (%)70.8 65.8 64.3 59.4 55.7 54.1 54.9 54.9 56.7 58.8 69.5 72.7 61.5 A
Pressure:
Average Station Pressure (kPa)100.8 100.9 100.9 100.9 101 100.8 100.8 101 101.1 101.2 101 101 100.9 C
Average Sea Level Pressure (kPa)101.2 101.3 101.3 101.3 101.4 101.2 101.2 101.4 101.5 101.6 101.4 101.4 101.4 C
Visibility (hours with):
< 1 km23.1 16.8 23.2 19.1 11.3 8.8 6.1 6.2 7.3 5.8 16.5 21.2 165.3 C
1 to 9 km115 103.9 124.2 129 91.1 84.5 99.8 104.3 87.3 83.7 113.8 132.2 1268.9 C
> 9 km606 557.1 596.5 571.9 641.5 626.7 638.1 633.4 625.5 654.6 589.7 590.7 7331.6 C
Cloud Amount (hours with):
0 to 2 tenths252.4 222.2 220.5 161.6 154.8 146.4 155 196.1 205.8 203.7 180.3 235.2 2333.8 C
3 to 7 tenths120.1 108.6 115.3 111.9 142.4 173.2 209.1 193.5 159.4 143 120.1 107.5 1704 C
8 to 10 tenths371.5 347 408.2 446.6 446.9 400.4 380 354.4 354.8 397.4 419.7 401.4 4728 C


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