Fall River is wetter than 94% of Canadian towns: 1,393 mm of rain and snow a year
Sunny July days climb to about 24.2°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 69% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 34°C across the year, low to high. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 20–24°C.
Read at Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 12 km north-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Fall River at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fall River’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Fall River feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
151 frost days and 92 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. About 3 days a year top 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,393 mm a year
November brings the most rain and snow; July, the least. On about 124 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 215 cm in a normal 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 Fall River
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. That means homes here need less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Fall River’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 24 days a year.
Roughly 28 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Fall River’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Halifax Stanfield (Airport)
ECCC builds the Halifax Stanfield (Airport) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 12 km north-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, 23 km |
How Fall River 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
Places around Fall River whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall River Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C | −10.1°C | 1,393 mm |
| Beaver Bank 4.7 km · Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C about the same | −10.1°C about the same | 1,393 mm |
| Bedford 12 km · Shearwater | 22.7°C 1.5°C cooler | −8.3°C 1.8°C milder | 1,414 mm |
Fall River weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −20.7°C to 27.2°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.2°C around −5.7°C), August the one that wanders least (±0.9°C).
Where Fall River’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Halifax Stanfield (Airport) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: 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 Fall River’s climate
How warm does Fall River get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 24.2°C on a typical day.
How cold does Fall River get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −10.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Fall River get?
Count on roughly 1,393 mm a year, heaviest in November (159 mm) and lightest in July (87 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 84 days a year.
Are these figures for Fall River itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Halifax Stanfield (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Fall River.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fall River →
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).