Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWet weather: 1,179 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Colchester County, Subdivision A, more than on 89% of Canadian towns
January mornings start at about −12.0°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 37°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 62% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from October to May, in months below 10°C on average.
Colchester County, Subdivision A has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Debert, 19 km east.
A year in Colchester County, Subdivision A at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Colchester County, Subdivision A’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Colchester County, Subdivision A feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 170 frosts and 97 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 11 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
About 1,179 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in December, the least in February. Some 134 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 187 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 53 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Debert normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Tatamagouche, 45 km away.
Heating a home in Colchester County, Subdivision A
88% 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 Colchester County, Subdivision A’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Wait until about 1 June to plant out; frost tends to come back around 25 September, about 115 days later.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 27 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
On some 31 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Colchester County, Subdivision A: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Debert
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Debert are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 19 km east |
| Station altitude | 38 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Tatamagouche, 45 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.1°C |
| Average wind | 12.4 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Tatamagouche, 45 km |
How Colchester County, Subdivision A 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 Colchester County, Subdivision A whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Colchester County, Subdivision A with figures are 36–42 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester County, Subdivision A Debert | 25.0°C | −12.0°C | 1,179 mm |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C 36 km · Upper Stewiacke | 25.1°C about the same | −11.6°C about the same | 1,277 mm |
| Oxford 39 km · Nappan | 24.3°C 0.7°C cooler | −11.7°C about the same | 1,161 mm |
| Indian Brook 14 39 km · Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −10.1°C 1.9°C milder | 1,393 mm |
Colchester County, Subdivision A weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.4°C | −12.0°C | −6.7°C | 91 mm | 53 cm |
| February | −0.9°C | −11.6°C | −6.2°C | 77 mm | 46 cm |
| March | 3.1°C | −7.1°C | −2.0°C | 81 mm | 35 cm |
| April | 9.4°C | −1.5°C | 4.0°C | 90 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 16.1°C | 3.6°C | 9.9°C | 89 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 21.0°C | 8.6°C | 14.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 12.7°C | 18.9°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.4°C | 12.1°C | 18.3°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 8.2°C | 14.2°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.6°C | 2.9°C | 8.3°C | 118 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.6°C | −1.3°C | 3.2°C | 114 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 1.9°C | −7.2°C | −2.7°C | 121 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 0.6°C | 6.2°C | 1,179 mm | 187 cm |
The month with the widest range: January, −35.0°C to 16.5°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 2.3°C of its normal of −6.2°C; August keeps to within 0.9°C.
Where Colchester County, Subdivision A’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Debert: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Colchester County, Subdivision A’s climate
How warm does Colchester County, Subdivision A get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.0°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Colchester County, Subdivision A get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −12.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Colchester County, Subdivision A get?
Precipitation totals 1,179 mm a year, with December the wettest month (121 mm) and February the driest (77 mm).
Are these figures for Colchester County, Subdivision A itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Debert, since Colchester County, Subdivision A has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Colchester County, Subdivision A →
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