More rain and snow fall on Berwick than on 90% of Canadian towns: 1,216 mm a year
January nights here settle around −9.1°C. Of all months, December brings the most precipitation and July the least. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 73% of Canadian towns. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 21–26°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Berwick is Waterville Cambridge, 6.8 km east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Berwick at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Berwick’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Berwick feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 148 days, 20°C on 109
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 7 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 1,216 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 141 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 232 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 66 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Berwick
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. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 75% of Canadian towns.
Living with Berwick’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plant out after about 19 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 1 October, leaving roughly 134 days without frost.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Berwick’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Waterville Cambridge
Waterville Cambridge is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 6.8 km east |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Greenwood, 16 km |
How Berwick 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 Berwick’s would only repeat its figures. The one place listed is 8 km from Berwick, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berwick Waterville Cambridge | 25.9°C | −9.1°C | 1,216 mm |
| Kingston 8.0 km · Greenwood | 26.2°C about the same | −9.8°C 0.7°C colder | 1,137 mm |
Berwick 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 | −9.1°C | −4.8°C | 113 mm | 66 cm |
| February | 0.1°C | −8.9°C | −4.4°C | 91 mm | 50 cm |
| March | 4.0°C | −4.9°C | −0.5°C | 97 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 10.4°C | 0.6°C | 5.5°C | 90 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 5.7°C | 11.5°C | 88 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.2°C | 10.7°C | 16.5°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.9°C | 14.6°C | 20.3°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.5°C | 13.8°C | 19.7°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.2°C | 10.1°C | 15.6°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.4°C | 4.9°C | 9.7°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 8.5°C | 0.6°C | 4.6°C | 125 mm | 15 cm |
| December | 2.8°C | −4.7°C | −1.0°C | 134 mm | 49 cm |
| Year | 12.6°C | 2.8°C | 7.7°C | 1,216 mm | 232 cm |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 2.3°C of normal, against the steadier June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than February, between −35.5°C (1993) and 17.5°C (2000).
Where Berwick’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Waterville Cambridge (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Berwick’s climate
How warm does Berwick get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.9°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Berwick get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −9.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Berwick get?
Some 1,216 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in December (134 mm), the least in July (79 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 86 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Berwick itself?
They are borrowed from Waterville Cambridge, the nearest place to Berwick where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Berwick →
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).