Climate
Miramichi enjoys a cool, moist climate with a mean annual temperature of 4.7 °C (40.5 °F). The January mean temperature is −10.7 °C (12.7 °F), and the mean July temperature is 19.2 °C (66.6 °F). Proximity to the Gulf of St. Lawrence tends to moderate the winter climate, but Arctic ai sometimes penetrates into the area during winter. The coldest recorded temperature is −35 °C (−31.0 °F) (2 February 1962). Summers are warm and sunny; the warmest recorded temperature is 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) (August 12, 1944). The city averages about 1,115 mm (43.9 in) of precipitation per year, with about 310.1 cm (122.1 in) falling as snow. Miramichi winters are sunnier than almost anywhere else in Canada, averaging 120 hours of bright sunshine in January, which is still quite a bit less than many stations in East Asia at the same latitude (e.g. Khabarovsk or Kushiro). Miramichi averages 250.5 hours of bright sunshine in July.
| Climate data for Miramichi | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
28.1 (82.6) |
35.3 (95.5) |
36.7 (98.1) |
36.7 (98.1) |
37.8 (100.0) |
33.1 (91.6) |
27.8 (82.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
37.8 (100.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −4.8 (23.4) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
2.1 (35.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
12.0 (53.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −16.4 (2.5) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−2 (28) |
3.7 (38.7) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.1 (55.6) |
12.1 (53.8) |
6.9 (44.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34.5 (−30.1) |
−35 (−31) |
−31.4 (−24.5) |
−17.2 (1.0) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−5 (23) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−20.4 (−4.7) |
−30 (−22) |
−35 (−31.0) |
| Wind chill | −48 | −46 | −36 | −24.7 | −13.3 | −2.5 | 0.4 | −3.7 | −7.6 | −13.1 | −28.8 | −40.4 | −48 |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 95.5 (3.76) |
72.1 (2.839) |
94.3 (3.713) |
89.2 (3.512) |
97.7 (3.846) |
89.3 (3.516) |
106.1 (4.177) |
89.2 (3.512) |
85.5 (3.366) |
97.4 (3.835) |
99.4 (3.913) |
99.4 (3.913) |
1,115.1 (43.902) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 29.1 (1.146) |
18.6 (0.732) |
31.5 (1.24) |
58.1 (2.287) |
95.8 (3.772) |
89.3 (3.516) |
106.1 (4.177) |
89.2 (3.512) |
85.0 (3.346) |
94.8 (3.732) |
73.2 (2.882) |
42.3 (1.665) |
813 (32.01) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 70.3 (27.68) |
54.6 (21.5) |
64.3 (25.31) |
29.6 (11.65) |
1.7 (0.67) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
2.5 (0.98) |
26.7 (10.51) |
60.3 (23.74) |
310 (122.05) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 14.3 | 11.3 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 165.9 |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 4.6 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 10.8 | 14.9 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 11.0 | 5.9 | 124.3 |
| Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 12.0 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 11.4 | 56.5 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 120.0 | 128.0 | 148.1 | 156.5 | 207.2 | 231.1 | 250.5 | 235.3 | 173.4 | 140.0 | 102.2 | 100.9 | 1,993.2 |
| Source: Environment Canada | |||||||||||||
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