Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Enfield is wetter than 94% of Canadian towns: 1,393 mm of rain and snow a year
July afternoons average 24.2°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 69% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 34°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frost comes on about 151 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
No ECCC station in Enfield has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 18 km south-east, instead.
A year in Enfield at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Enfield’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Enfield feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
151 frost days and 92 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 3 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 1,393 mm of rain and snow a year
November brings the most rain and snow; July, the least. Some 124 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
215 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to May, with about 54 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 Enfield
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. That means homes here need less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Enfield’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 24 days a year.
Plan shade and water for about 28 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Enfield’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Halifax Stanfield (Airport)
Halifax Stanfield (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 18 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −28.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.0°C |
| Average wind | 17.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Shearwater, 45 km |
How Enfield 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.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Enfield’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Enfield with figures are 23–42 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enfield Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C | −10.1°C | 1,393 mm |
| Stewiacke 23 km · Upper Stewiacke | 25.1°C 0.9°C warmer | −11.6°C 1.5°C colder | 1,277 mm |
| Halifax 38 km · Shearwater | 22.7°C 1.5°C cooler | −8.3°C 1.8°C milder | 1,414 mm |
| Millbrook 27 41 km · Debert | 25.0°C 0.8°C warmer | −12.0°C 1.9°C colder | 1,179 mm |
| Windsor 42 km · Waterville Cambridge | 25.9°C 1.7°C warmer | −9.1°C 1.0°C milder | 1,216 mm |
Enfield 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 | −1.2°C | −10.1°C | −5.7°C | 126 mm | 54 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −9.7°C | −5.2°C | 111 mm | 44 cm |
| March | 3.5°C | −5.4°C | −0.9°C | 120 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 9.2°C | −0.3°C | 4.5°C | 106 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 15.5°C | 4.6°C | 10.1°C | 110 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 9.8°C | 15.2°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 14.2°C | 19.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 14.1°C | 19.2°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.0°C | 10.2°C | 15.2°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.7°C | 4.7°C | 9.2°C | 140 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7.6°C | 0.0°C | 3.8°C | 159 mm | 19 cm |
| December | 2.1°C | −5.8°C | −1.9°C | 147 mm | 44 cm |
| Year | 11.6°C | 2.2°C | 6.9°C | 1,393 mm | 215 cm |
March: −20.7°C at its coldest, 27.2°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 2.2°C from −5.7°C. August moves least, typically by 0.9°C.
Where Enfield’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Enfield’s climate
How warm does Enfield get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.2°C.
How cold does Enfield get in winter?
Overnight lows average −10.1°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Enfield get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,393 mm of water a year; November brings the most (159 mm), July the least (87 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 84 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Enfield itself?
Not exactly. Enfield lacks a normals station, so Halifax Stanfield (Airport) supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Enfield →
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).