Precipitation in Annapolis County, Subdivision C tops that of 84% of Canadian towns: 1,137 mm a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 26.2°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 36°C. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 71% of Canadian towns. Expect about 153 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Annapolis County, Subdivision C has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Greenwood, 8.0 km east.
A year in Annapolis County, Subdivision C at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Annapolis County, Subdivision C’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 C feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 153 frosts and 115 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 9 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,137 mm a year
December brings the most rain and snow; July, the least. Some 131 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 268 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from November to May, most of all in January (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
Heating a home in Annapolis County, Subdivision C
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. A house here needs less heating than 70% of Canadian towns.
Living with Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 10 May until frost returns near 5 October: about 147 days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Count on some 19 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Roughly 41 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Greenwood
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Greenwood, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 8.0 km east |
| Station altitude | 28 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 13.6 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Waterville Cambridge, 31 km |
How Annapolis County, Subdivision C 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s would only repeat its figures. Annapolis County, Subdivision C has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 24 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C Greenwood | 26.2°C | −9.8°C | 1,137 mm |
| Berwick 24 km · Waterville Cambridge | 25.9°C about the same | −9.1°C 0.7°C milder | 1,216 mm |
Annapolis County, Subdivision C weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.2°C | −9.8°C | −5.0°C | 104 mm | 78 cm |
| February | 0.4°C | −9.6°C | −4.6°C | 87 mm | 60 cm |
| March | 4.3°C | −5.5°C | −0.6°C | 90 mm | 45 cm |
| April | 10.6°C | 0.0°C | 5.3°C | 83 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 5.2°C | 11.3°C | 78 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 10.1°C | 16.4°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.2°C | 14.0°C | 20.1°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 13.1°C | 19.4°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.3°C | 8.9°C | 15.1°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.6°C | 3.7°C | 9.2°C | 107 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.7°C | −0.3°C | 4.2°C | 120 mm | 15 cm |
| December | 3.1°C | −5.5°C | −1.2°C | 125 mm | 56 cm |
| Year | 12.9°C | 2.0°C | 7.5°C | 1,137 mm | 268 cm |
A February here can run from −35.5°C to 20.0°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.3°C of the normal, −4.6°C. August is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Greenwood, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 C’s climate
How warm does Annapolis County, Subdivision C get in summer?
Afternoons average 26.2°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Annapolis County, Subdivision C get in winter?
January nights average −9.8°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Annapolis County, Subdivision C get?
Count on roughly 1,137 mm a year, heaviest in December (125 mm) and lightest in July (75 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 93 days a year.
Are these figures for Annapolis County, Subdivision C itself?
No, they come from Greenwood; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Annapolis County, Subdivision C itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Annapolis County, Subdivision C →
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