Cumberland County, Subdivision D is wetter than 83% of Canadian towns: 1,134 mm of rain and snow a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.4°C on average. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 61% of Canadian towns. Some 37°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Windshields need scraping on about 173 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
These are not Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Tatamagouche, 36 km south-east.
A year in Cumberland County, Subdivision D at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Cumberland County, Subdivision D feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
173 frost days and 97 days above 20°C a year
From September to June frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 9 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 1,134 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in October, the least in July. On about 124 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 187 cm of snow a year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 53 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Cumberland County, Subdivision D
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C.
Living with Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
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 →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Tatamagouche
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Tatamagouche.
| Distance from the town | 36 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 18 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Nappan, 48 km |
How Cumberland County, Subdivision D 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 Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s would only repeat its figures. Cumberland County, Subdivision D has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 21–43 km out.
Cumberland County, Subdivision D 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 | −1.1°C | −11.9°C | −6.4°C | 92 mm | 53 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −11.8°C | −6.2°C | 75 mm | 46 cm |
| March | 3.1°C | −6.9°C | −1.9°C | 81 mm | 35 cm |
| April | 8.9°C | −0.8°C | 4.1°C | 79 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 15.9°C | 4.4°C | 10.2°C | 81 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 21.3°C | 9.6°C | 15.4°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.4°C | 13.9°C | 19.7°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 13.2°C | 19.1°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 8.9°C | 14.8°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.2°C | 3.4°C | 8.8°C | 119 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.2°C | −0.7°C | 3.8°C | 118 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 2.4°C | −6.5°C | −2.1°C | 111 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 12.0°C | 1.2°C | 6.6°C | 1,134 mm | 187 cm |
March: −26.0°C at its coldest, 28.0°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 2.5°C from −6.4°C. August moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Tatamagouche (the closest location with all twelve months 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, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s climate
How warm does Cumberland County, Subdivision D get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.4°C.
How cold does Cumberland County, Subdivision D get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −11.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Cumberland County, Subdivision D get?
October is the wettest month at 119 mm and July the driest at 70 mm, for 1,134 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Cumberland County, Subdivision D itself?
Not quite: they come from Tatamagouche, the closest ECCC normals location to Cumberland County, Subdivision D.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cumberland County, Subdivision D →
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).