Climate in Cumberland County, Subdivision C · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Cumberland County, Subdivision C is wetter than 86% of Canadian towns: 1,161 mm of rain and snow a year

Deep winter brings January lows near −11.7°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 68% of Canadian towns. October is the wettest month, February the driest. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 162 days a year at 0°C or below.

July afternoons: cooler than 68% of Canadian towns

January nights: milder than 61% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: wetter than 86% of Canadian towns

1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Nappan station, 15 km south-west.

July high

24.3°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−11.7°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

1,161 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

310 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

Frost days

162

a year at 0°C or below

Frost-free days

128

27 May to 3 Oct

A year in Cumberland County, Subdivision C at a glance

Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.

Jan−2°C−12°CColdest nightsSnowiest

Feb−1°C−11°C

Mar3°C−7°C

Apr9°C−1°C

May16°C4°CLast frost ~27 May

Jun21°C9°C

Jul24°C13°CWarmest

Aug24°C13°C

Sep20°C9°C

Oct14°C4°CWettestFirst frost ~3 Oct

Nov now7°C−1°C

Dec2°C−7°C

What stands out about Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s climate

Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.

Snowier than 95% of Canadian townsAbout 310 cm of snow falls in a year, most of it in January. The snowiest of 90 towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia.Wetter than 86% of Canadian townsAbout 1,161 mm of rain and melted snow a year; October is the wettest month and February the driest.A narrower year than 72% of Canadian townsFrom January nights to July afternoons, the year spans 36.0°C.

A normal year

What a year in Cumberland County, Subdivision C feels like

Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.

Winter

−1°C / −10°C

295 mm, with 198 cm of snow

Spring

9°C / −1°C

268 mm, with 92 cm of snow

Summer

23°C / 12°C

260 mm of rain and snow

Autumn

14°C / 4°C

339 mm, with 20 cm of snow: the wettest season

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16°C4°C

21°C9°C

24°C13°C

20°C9°C

14°C4°C

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2°C−7°C

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Best months to be outsideJunJulAugSepHighs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more

Frost & warm days

162 frost days and 97 days above 20°C a year

The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 9 nights a year drop under −20°C.

128 frost-free days · average dates, 1991–2020

27 May 3 Oct

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162

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

More frosts than 53% of Canadian towns

Days that stay below 0°C

Nights a year below −20°C

Days a year above 20°C

Days a year above 30°C

Frost days by month

Average days at 0°C or below

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Days above 20°C by month

Average days

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Rain & snow

About 1,161 mm of rain and snow a year

Some 132 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.

1,161 mm

Rain and snow a year

Wetter than 86% of Canadian towns

115 mm

October, the wettest month

80 mm

February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

115 mm

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Snow

About 310 cm of snow a year

Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 74 cm). The snowiest of 90 towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia.

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Snowfall a year

Snowier than 95% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

74 cm

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Snowfall: Moncton, 55 km away (Nappan records no complete year of it).

Heating

Heating a home in Cumberland County, Subdivision C

89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.

4,362 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020

1,808 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year.

Living here

Living with Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s climate

What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.

The garden window

Wait until about 27 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 3 October, about 128 days later.

Get outside

Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

Expect around 30 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.

Humidex

Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 32 days a year.

Storms and extremes

A typical year is calm by definition; Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s hazards page covers the exceptions.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: Nappan

Nappan is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.

Distance from the town	15 km south-west
Station altitude	20 m
Completeness	meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule
WMO standard normals	No
Snowfall from	Moncton, 55 km
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−36.0°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	32.7°C
Average wind	15.1 km/h on average, most often from the south
Next-nearest location	Parrsboro, 52 km

Compared with other towns

How Cumberland County, Subdivision C 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.

July afternoons24.3°C

Cumberland County, Subdivision CMedian Canadian town

16°C18°C20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C

Cooler than 68% of Canadian towns

January nights−11.7°C

Cumberland County, Subdivision CMedian Canadian town

−20°C−15°C−10°C−5°C0°C

Milder than 61% of Canadian towns84th mildest of 90 towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia

Rain and snow a year1,161 mm

Cumberland County, Subdivision CMedian Canadian town

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Wetter than 86% of Canadian towns

Snowfall a year310 cm

Cumberland County, Subdivision CMedian Canadian town

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Snowier than 95% of Canadian townsThe snowiest of 90 towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 34–46 km from Cumberland County, Subdivision C.

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
Cumberland County, Subdivision C Nappan	24.3°C	−11.7°C	1,161 mm
Botsford 34 km · Summerside	24.1°C about the same	−11.3°C about the same	1,161 mm
Cumberland County, Subdivision D 35 km · Tatamagouche	25.4°C 1.1°C warmer	−11.9°C about the same	1,134 mm
Memramcook 41 km · Moncton	25.1°C 0.8°C warmer	−13.3°C 1.6°C colder	1,203 mm

Month by month

Cumberland County, Subdivision C 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	−2.0°C	−11.7°C	−6.9°C	102 mm	74 cm
February	−1.4°C	−11.2°C	−6.3°C	80 mm	65 cm
March	2.6°C	−6.7°C	−2.0°C	91 mm	60 cm
April	9.1°C	−0.8°C	4.1°C	93 mm	29 cm
May	15.8°C	4.4°C	10.1°C	84 mm	2 cm
June	20.7°C	9.4°C	15.1°C	96 mm	0 cm
July	24.3°C	13.3°C	18.8°C	81 mm	0 cm
August	24.1°C	12.9°C	18.5°C	83 mm	0 cm
September	20.0°C	9.1°C	14.6°C	109 mm	0 cm
October	13.7°C	3.9°C	8.9°C	115 mm	2 cm
November	7.4°C	−0.8°C	3.3°C	114 mm	19 cm
December	1.6°C	−6.6°C	−2.5°C	114 mm	59 cm
Year	11.3°C	1.3°C	6.3°C	1,161 mm	310 cm

Year to year

A February here can run from −36.0°C to 16.2°C

Two years in three, January’s average falls within 2.3°C of its normal of −6.9°C; August keeps to within 0.9°C.

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Record low to record high, 1991–2020Normal

Sources

Where Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Nappan, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
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 Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s climate

How warm does Cumberland County, Subdivision C get in summer?

On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 24.3°C, the warmest of the year.

How cold does Cumberland County, Subdivision C get in winter?

Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −11.7°C.

How much rain and snow does Cumberland County, Subdivision C get?

A normal year brings 1,161 mm, snow included as water: October is wettest at 115 mm, February driest at 80 mm.

Are these figures for Cumberland County, Subdivision C itself?

Yes. Nappan, where ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals were measured, lies within Cumberland County, Subdivision C.

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cumberland County, Subdivision C →

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).