Clayton Park West is wetter than 95% of Canadian towns: 1,414 mm of rain and snow a year
Expect July afternoons of about 22.7°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 32°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 94% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 133 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
These are not Clayton Park West’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Shearwater, 14 km east.
A year in Clayton Park West at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Clayton Park West’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Clayton Park West feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 133 days, 20°C on 82
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,414 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in December, the least in August. On about 124 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 215 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to May; January brings the most, about 54 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 26 km away (Shearwater records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Clayton Park West
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to May.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Clayton Park West’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 30 April, has passed; autumn’s first, near 29 October, ends a season of about 181 days.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 15 days in a normal year.
Count on some 19 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Clayton Park West’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Shearwater
Shearwater is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 14 km east |
| Station altitude | 44 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 26 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −26.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.3°C |
| Average wind | 14.3 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 26 km |
How Clayton Park West 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 Clayton Park West whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 40–49 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Clayton Park West.
Clayton Park West 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 | 0.2°C | −8.3°C | −4.1°C | 124 mm | 54 cm |
| February | 0.6°C | −7.9°C | −3.7°C | 114 mm | 44 cm |
| March | 3.7°C | −4.3°C | −0.3°C | 120 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 8.6°C | 0.4°C | 4.5°C | 108 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 14.0°C | 5.0°C | 9.5°C | 115 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 18.9°C | 9.9°C | 14.4°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.7°C | 14.3°C | 18.5°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.3°C | 14.7°C | 19.1°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 11.3°C | 15.8°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.2°C | 6.2°C | 10.2°C | 141 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 8.6°C | 1.3°C | 5.0°C | 135 mm | 19 cm |
| December | 3.6°C | −3.9°C | −0.2°C | 156 mm | 44 cm |
| Year | 11.6°C | 3.2°C | 7.4°C | 1,414 mm | 215 cm |
From −19.1°C to 28.3°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 2.0°C around −4.1°C) and August least (0.7°C).
Where Clayton Park West’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Shearwater, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Clayton Park West’s climate
How warm does Clayton Park West get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.3°C in August, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Clayton Park West get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −8.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Clayton Park West get?
Around 1,414 mm a year in all, from 156 mm in December down to 94 mm in August.
Are these figures for Clayton Park West itself?
Not as such: Shearwater is the nearest normals location, and Clayton Park West has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Clayton Park West →
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).