Photo: PatHirtle · CC BY-SA 4.0Bridgewater sits near the top of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 1,561 mm a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.5°C on average. A year here swings 36°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 67% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Measured at Bridgewater, 3.5 km north-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Bridgewater at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bridgewater’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Bridgewater feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 162 days, 20°C on 105
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 5 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,561 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in December, the least in July. 2nd wettest of 90 towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia. On about 136 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
184 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 50 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 Bridgewater
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 70% of Canadian towns.
Living with Bridgewater’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 26 May and the first autumn frost around 28 September: about 124 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 →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Bridgewater’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Bridgewater
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Bridgewater, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 3.5 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 27 m |
| Completeness | at least 15 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Western Head, 44 km |
How Bridgewater compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Nova Scotia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Bridgewater whose figures come from another normals location. Bridgewater has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 39–76 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater | 25.5°C | −10.2°C | 1,561 mm |
| Liverpool 39 km · Western Head | 19.9°C 5.6°C cooler | −7.2°C 3.0°C milder | 1,561 mm |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision D 58 km · Greenwood | 26.2°C 0.7°C warmer | −9.8°C about the same | 1,137 mm |
| Windsor 75 km · Waterville Cambridge | 25.9°C about the same | −9.1°C 1.1°C milder | 1,216 mm |
Bridgewater 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 | −0.1°C | −10.2°C | −5.2°C | 136 mm | 50 cm |
| February | 1.0°C | −9.3°C | −4.2°C | 115 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 4.9°C | −5.3°C | −0.2°C | 143 mm | 35 cm |
| April | 10.8°C | −0.2°C | 5.3°C | 121 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 16.8°C | 4.7°C | 10.7°C | 138 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.2°C | 9.7°C | 15.9°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 13.3°C | 19.4°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 13.2°C | 19.3°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.1°C | 9.0°C | 15.1°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.4°C | 3.5°C | 9.0°C | 162 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.7°C | −0.2°C | 4.3°C | 160 mm | 10 cm |
| December | 3.3°C | −5.2°C | −1.0°C | 163 mm | 30 cm |
| Year | 12.8°C | 1.9°C | 7.4°C | 1,561 mm | 184 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.4°C; August the least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −23.5°C (1993) and 28.5°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Bridgewater’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Bridgewater, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Bridgewater’s climate
How warm does Bridgewater get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.5°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Bridgewater get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −10.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Bridgewater get?
December is the wettest month at 163 mm and July the driest at 87 mm, for 1,561 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Bridgewater itself?
They are: the normals station that gives them stands in Bridgewater.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bridgewater →
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).