Fairview is wetter than 95% of Canadian towns: 1,414 mm of rain and snow a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 22.7°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in December and least in August. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 94% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season runs from June to September, with highs of 19–23°C.
Fairview has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Shearwater, 11 km east.
A year in Fairview at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fairview’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Fairview 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
About 124 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 215 cm of snow a year
From November to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 54 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
ECCC’s Shearwater normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 27 km away.
Heating a home in Fairview
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to May.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. That means homes here need less heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Fairview’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Between the last frost, near 30 April, and the first, near 29 October, lie about 181 frost-free days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 15 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Roughly 19 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Fairview’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Shearwater
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Shearwater are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 11 km east |
| Station altitude | 44 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 27 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), 27 km |
How Fairview 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Fairview’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 41–58 km from Fairview.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Shearwater | 22.7°C | −8.3°C | 1,414 mm |
| Enfield 41 km · Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C 1.5°C warmer | −10.1°C 1.8°C colder | 1,393 mm |
| Chester 51 km · Bridgewater | 25.5°C 2.8°C warmer | −10.2°C 1.9°C colder | 1,561 mm |
| Windsor 54 km · Waterville Cambridge | 25.9°C 3.2°C warmer | −9.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,216 mm |
| Stewiacke 58 km · Upper Stewiacke | 25.1°C 2.4°C warmer | −11.6°C 3.3°C colder | 1,277 mm |
Fairview 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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −19.1°C to 28.3°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.0°C of the normal, −4.1°C. August is the steadiest, within 0.7°C.
Where Fairview’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Shearwater from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Fairview’s climate
How warm does Fairview get in summer?
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 23.3°C.
How cold does Fairview get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −8.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Fairview get?
Count on roughly 1,414 mm a year, heaviest in December (156 mm) and lightest in August (94 mm).
Are these figures for Fairview itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Shearwater; Fairview has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fairview →
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).