Weather

Winter (December, January, and February) 2019/2020 in New Brunswick was warmer (+1.6°C) and slightly drier (92%) than the 30-year climate normal (1981-2010).

February was slightly warmer (+1.0 C) and slightly drier (92 %) than the 30-year climate normal (1981-2010) for the province.

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