Photo: André Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 2.0Argyle has some of the coolest summers among Canadian towns
January nights here settle around −6.4°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 93% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is November; the driest is July. Windshields need scraping on about 123 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Borrowed figures: Argyle has no normals station, so these come from Yarmouth, 15 km west.
A year in Argyle at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Argyle’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Argyle feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
123 frost days and 63 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April, most of all in January (about 27 nights).
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,290 mm a year
On about 125 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 205 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 64 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Argyle
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 78% of Canadian towns.
Living with Argyle’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 179 days, roughly 28 April to 24 October.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 9 days a year here.
Roughly 10 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Argyle’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Yarmouth
Yarmouth is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 15 km west |
| Station altitude | 36 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −23.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 32.5°C |
| Average wind | 16.8 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Kejimkujik, 89 km |
How Argyle compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Nova Scotia.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Argyle’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 47–78 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Argyle.
Argyle weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.3°C | −6.4°C | −2.6°C | 124 mm | 64 cm |
| February | 1.3°C | −6.2°C | −2.5°C | 103 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 4.0°C | −3.3°C | 0.4°C | 111 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 8.8°C | 1.2°C | 5.0°C | 101 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 13.9°C | 5.7°C | 9.8°C | 99 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 18.1°C | 9.8°C | 14.0°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 21.4°C | 13.2°C | 17.3°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.6°C | 13.4°C | 17.5°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.8°C | 10.5°C | 14.7°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.6°C | 6.1°C | 9.8°C | 119 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.0°C | 1.9°C | 5.5°C | 143 mm | 10 cm |
| December | 4.4°C | −2.9°C | 0.8°C | 139 mm | 44 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | 3.6°C | 7.5°C | 1,290 mm | 205 cm |
The month with the widest range: February, −23.6°C to 15.3°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 1.9°C of its normal of −2.6°C; June keeps to within 0.8°C.
Where Argyle’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Yarmouth, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Argyle’s climate
How warm does Argyle get in summer?
Midsummer means August, with afternoons near 21.6°C on a typical day.
How cold does Argyle get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −6.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Argyle get?
Count on roughly 1,290 mm a year, heaviest in November (143 mm) and lightest in July (78 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow cover of 1 cm or more lasts about 64 days in a typical year.
Are these figures for Argyle itself?
No: Argyle has no normals location, so the figures come from Yarmouth, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Argyle →
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).