Photo: CP Hoffman from Washington, DC, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Annapolis County, Subdivision A sits near the top of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 1,453 mm a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.5°C. Its January nights stay gentler than in 71% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 35°C apart. Expect about 155 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Borrowed figures: Annapolis County, Subdivision A has no normals station, so these come from Kejimkujik, 42 km south-east.
A year in Annapolis County, Subdivision A at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Annapolis County, Subdivision A feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 155 frosts and 107 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 6 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,453 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in November, the least in July. 9th wettest of 90 towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia. Some 136 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
268 cm of snow in a typical year
From November to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 78 cm. 7th snowiest of 90 towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Greenwood, 58 km away (Kejimkujik records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Annapolis County, Subdivision A
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 69% of Canadian towns.
Living with Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 8 days a year here.
On some 42 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kejimkujik
Kejimkujik is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 42 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 127 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Greenwood, 58 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.7°C |
| Average wind | 6.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Greenwood, 58 km |
How Annapolis County, Subdivision A compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Nova Scotia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Annapolis County, Subdivision A whose figures come from another normals location. The one place listed is 30 km from Annapolis County, Subdivision A, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis County, Subdivision A Kejimkujik | 25.5°C | −9.6°C | 1,453 mm |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B 30 km · Greenwood | 26.2°C 0.7°C warmer | −9.8°C about the same | 1,137 mm |
Annapolis County, Subdivision A weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.5°C | −9.6°C | −5.0°C | 159 mm | 78 cm |
| February | 0.5°C | −9.1°C | −4.3°C | 118 mm | 60 cm |
| March | 4.4°C | −5.5°C | −0.6°C | 124 mm | 45 cm |
| April | 10.6°C | −0.2°C | 5.2°C | 114 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 5.0°C | 11.1°C | 106 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.0°C | 9.9°C | 16.0°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 13.8°C | 19.6°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 13.2°C | 19.1°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.8°C | 9.4°C | 15.1°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.2°C | 3.9°C | 9.1°C | 144 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.2°C | −0.2°C | 4.0°C | 161 mm | 15 cm |
| December | 2.6°C | −5.3°C | −1.4°C | 146 mm | 56 cm |
| Year | 12.5°C | 2.1°C | 7.3°C | 1,453 mm | 268 cm |
A March here can run from −27.0°C to 27.9°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.2°C around −4.3°C), August the one that wanders least (±1.0°C).
Where Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Kejimkujik from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s climate
How warm does Annapolis County, Subdivision A get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.5°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Annapolis County, Subdivision A get in winter?
Overnight lows average −9.6°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Annapolis County, Subdivision A get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,453 mm; the range runs from 76 mm in July to 161 mm in November.
Are these figures for Annapolis County, Subdivision A itself?
Not quite: they come from Kejimkujik, the closest ECCC normals location to Annapolis County, Subdivision A.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Annapolis County, Subdivision A →
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