Southern New Brunswick fared quite well in the final winter storm of 2019.
Mel Lemmon, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said most communities saw about five centimetres of snow.
Lemmon said snowfall totals increased significantly north of Fredericton, where many communities picked up more than 20 centimetres of snow.
The Woodstock area was hit hardest with about 30 centimetres, he said.
Lemmon said rainfall amounts in southern New Brunswick ranged between 10 and 15 millimetres, with Point Lepreau picking up closer to 25 millimetres.
Preliminary snowfall and rainfall totals from Environment Canada:
- Saint John: 3.4 cm of snow, 8.2 mm of rain
- Moncton: 5.4 cm of snow, 1.4 mm of rain
Volunteer observations from the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network (CoCoRaHS):
- Grafton (near Woodstock): 33 cm
- Sisson Brook (near Plaster Rock): 23.1 cm
- Miramichi: 21.6 cm
- O’Donnells (between Boiestown and Doaktown): 19.1 cm
- Keswick Ridge (near Fredericton): 10.9 cm
- Fredericton: 9.4 cm
- Dorchester (near Sackville): 8.9 cm
- New Maryland (near Fredericton): 8.9 cm
- Maces Bay (near St. George): 7.1 cm
- Milltown (near St. Stephen): 6.1 cm
- Oak Point: 6.1 cm
- Grande-Digue (near Shediac): 5.1 cm
- Norton: 5.1 cm
- Sussex Corner: 2.5 cm
Highway Conditions
Road conditions vary across southern New Brunswick, depending on where you are.
Highway 1 is mainly bare as of 10 a.m. Wednesday, though you may find some slushy patches between the Canada / U.S. border and Exit 60 (Blacks Harbour / Grand Manan).
Highway 7 is wet with slushy patches from Saint John to Fredericton.
The Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 2) has icy and slushy patches from Fredericton to Moncton.
Highway 10 is partly snow-covered with icy and slushy patches from Sussex to Fredericton.
Airport Delays
If you plan on flying into or out of one of the province’s airports, you may run into some problems.
Delays are being reported at the Saint John Airport, the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport, and the Fredericton International Airport.
