Gaetz Brook is wetter than 95% of Canadian towns: 1,414 mm of rain and snow a year
In January the night’s low is typically −8.3°C. The wettest month is December; the driest is August. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 94% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from November to May, the months averaging under 10°C.
These are not Gaetz Brook’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Shearwater, 23 km south-west.
A year in Gaetz Brook at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Gaetz Brook’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Gaetz Brook feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 133 frosts and 82 warm days a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,414 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 124 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
215 cm of snow in a typical 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), 23 km away.
Heating a home in Gaetz Brook
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to May.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. That means homes here need less heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Gaetz Brook’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 30 April to about 29 October, some 181 days in a normal year.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 15 days with a wind chill below −20.
About 19 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Gaetz Brook’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Shearwater
ECCC builds the Shearwater normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 23 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 44 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 23 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), 23 km |
How Gaetz Brook 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Gaetz Brook’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Gaetz Brook with figures are 40–43 km away.
Gaetz Brook 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 |
March has run from −19.1°C to 28.3°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 2.0°C around its normal of −4.1°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 0.7°C.
Where Gaetz Brook’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Shearwater, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Gaetz Brook’s climate
How warm does Gaetz Brook get in summer?
Midsummer means August, with afternoons near 23.3°C on a typical day.
How cold does Gaetz Brook get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −8.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Gaetz Brook get?
The year adds up to 1,414 mm. December is the peak month (156 mm) and August the low one (94 mm).
Are these figures for Gaetz Brook itself?
They describe Shearwater, the nearest normals location, rather than Gaetz Brook itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Gaetz Brook →
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).