Photo: Brendanriley · CC BY-SA 3.0Precipitation in Antigonish tops that of 83% of Canadian towns: 1,122 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 24.5°C. A year here swings 35°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 67% of Canadian towns. Expect about 175 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
ECCC publishes no normals for Antigonish itself; the figures are those of Collegeville, 16 km south.
A year in Antigonish at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Antigonish’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Antigonish feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 175 frosts and 90 warm days a year
From September to June frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 7 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,122 mm of precipitation in a typical year
October brings the most rain and snow; April, the least. 82nd wettest of 90 towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia. Some 133 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
162 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to April; February brings the most, about 44 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Antigonish
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days.
Living with Antigonish’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
On average the last spring frost comes around 10 June and the first autumn frost around 22 September: about 104 frost-free days between.
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 →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Antigonish’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Collegeville
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Collegeville are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 16 km south |
| Station altitude | 76 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Port Hawkesbury, 48 km |
How Antigonish 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 Antigonish’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Antigonish with figures are 45–50 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antigonish Collegeville | 24.5°C | −10.4°C | 1,122 mm |
| Pictou County, Subdivision C 45 km · Caribou Point | 23.1°C 1.4°C cooler | −8.9°C 1.5°C milder | 1,122 mm |
| Inverness County, Subdivision C 49 km · Port Hawkesbury | 23.2°C 1.3°C cooler | −9.9°C 0.5°C milder | 1,122 mm |
Antigonish weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.0°C | −10.4°C | −5.7°C | 81 mm | 35 cm |
| February | −1.0°C | −10.6°C | −5.8°C | 83 mm | 44 cm |
| March | 2.8°C | −6.5°C | −1.9°C | 83 mm | 27 cm |
| April | 8.1°C | −1.4°C | 3.4°C | 60 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 15.1°C | 3.2°C | 9.1°C | 78 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 20.2°C | 8.0°C | 14.1°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.5°C | 12.7°C | 18.6°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.3°C | 12.6°C | 18.5°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.2°C | 8.4°C | 14.3°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.7°C | 3.4°C | 8.6°C | 134 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 8.1°C | −0.6°C | 3.8°C | 130 mm | 8 cm |
| December | 2.1°C | −5.7°C | −1.8°C | 105 mm | 38 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | 1.1°C | 6.3°C | 1,122 mm | 162 cm |
A March here can run from −27.9°C to 26.5°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 2.3°C of its normal of −5.7°C; April keeps to within 1.2°C.
Where Antigonish’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Collegeville: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Antigonish’s climate
How warm does Antigonish get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 24.5°C on a typical day.
How cold does Antigonish get in winter?
A typical February night falls to −10.6°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Antigonish get?
Count on roughly 1,122 mm a year, heaviest in October (134 mm) and lightest in April (60 mm).
Are these figures for Antigonish itself?
They describe Collegeville, the nearest normals location, rather than Antigonish itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Antigonish →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).