Weather

Here's a fun animation from CoCoRaHS on how to measure snow depth. Some of it applies to those who participate in the Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow system, but it's good information to anyone who wants to make accurate reports to the IRG Weather Net or CANWARN.

January was warmer (+2.8 C) and drier (72 %) than the 30-year climate normal (1981-2010) for the province.

Fall (September, October, and November) 2019 in New Brunswick was slightly cooler (-0.7°C) and wetter (131%) than the 30-year climate normal (1981-2010).  Please see attached for the detailed Fall 2019 report and an outlook for Winter 2019/2020.

November was cooler and slightly wetter than the 30-year climate normal (1981-2010).  All that cold air made for a more of a snowy month rather than rainy one, especially in the north.  In fact, November 2019 was very similar to November 2018 for many areas (but not all) of the province.

For the month as a whole, October was warmer (+0.8 C) and wetter (119%) than the 30-year climate normal (1981-2010).

September was cooler and wetter than the 30-year climate normal (1981-2010).

In terms of temperature, the average anomaly for the province was -1.1C below normal.  The abundant precipitation was largely from two events: post-tropical storm Dorian on the 7th and a Great Lakes/tropical moisture merge on the 24th.

Climatologically speaking, August was pretty uneventful; that is, until Erin arrived at the end of the month and brought some much needed moisture to the area.  Erin dumped enough moisture to push the total precipitation anomaly above average across the south, however, the north remained dry and below average (based on 30-year climatology (1981-2010)).  In terms of temperature, the average anomaly for the province was normal (0.0C).

July 2019 was drier and slightly warmer than long-term climate normals (1981-2010). See all the details in the attached final report for July and an outlook for August.

From  Jill Maepea, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist / Client Service Operations Atlantic, Environment and Climate Change Canada

June was fairly similar to May, except not quite as cold but still below long-term climate normals (1981-2010).  Precipitation varied from dry in the north, to wet in the south as it did in May 2019.

See all the details in the attached final report for June and an outlook for July.

Overall, May was colder and drier than climate normals (1981-2010) for the province.

See all the details in the attached final report for May and an outlook for June -- from Jill Maepea, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist / Client Service Operations Atlantic, Environment and Climate Change Canada.