Wet weather: 1,414 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Hammonds Plains, more than on 95% of Canadian towns
Midwinter brings lows of about −8.3°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 94% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 32°C. Have the furnace checked before November to May, the months that average under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Hammonds Plains has no normals station, so these come from Shearwater, 25 km south-east.
A year in Hammonds Plains at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hammonds Plains’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Hammonds Plains feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,414 mm a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. 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), 27 km away.
Heating a home in Hammonds Plains
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to May.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. By this count, homes here need less heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Hammonds Plains’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 181 days, roughly 30 April to 29 October.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Expect around 15 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
On some 19 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Hammonds Plains: the hazards page.
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 | 25 km south-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 Hammonds Plains 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 Hammonds Plains whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammonds Plains Shearwater | 22.7°C | −8.3°C | 1,414 mm |
| Middle Sackville 7.7 km · Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C 1.5°C warmer | −10.1°C 1.8°C colder | 1,393 mm |
| Upper Tantallon 8.1 km · Shearwater | 22.7°C about the same | −8.3°C about the same | 1,414 mm |
Hammonds Plains 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 | 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 |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.0°C; the steadiest month is August
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −19.1°C in 1992 and a high of 28.3°C in 2012.
Where Hammonds Plains’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Shearwater, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Hammonds Plains’s climate
How warm does Hammonds Plains get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in August, with highs averaging 23.3°C.
How cold does Hammonds Plains get in winter?
Expect nights around −8.3°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Hammonds Plains get?
Count on roughly 1,414 mm a year, heaviest in December (156 mm) and lightest in August (94 mm).
Are these figures for Hammonds Plains itself?
They describe Shearwater, the nearest normals location, rather than Hammonds Plains itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hammonds Plains →
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).