Wet weather: 1,414 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Harrietsfield, more than on 95% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 22.7°C. Of all months, December brings the most precipitation and August the least. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 94% of Canadian towns. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 19–23°C.
No ECCC station in Harrietsfield has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Shearwater, 14 km north-east, instead.
A year in Harrietsfield at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Harrietsfield’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Harrietsfield 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
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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,414 mm a year
On about 124 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow 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
Shearwater publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 39 km away.
Heating a home in Harrietsfield
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to May.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. By this count, homes here need less heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Harrietsfield’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
About 181 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 30 April to a first of 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 →Plan for about 15 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
About 19 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Harrietsfield’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 14 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 44 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 39 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), 39 km |
How Harrietsfield 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 Harrietsfield whose figures come from another normals location. Harrietsfield has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 52–63 km out.
Harrietsfield 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 |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 2.0°C; the steadiest, 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 Harrietsfield’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Shearwater, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Harrietsfield’s climate
How warm does Harrietsfield get in summer?
Highs reach 23.3°C on an average August day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Harrietsfield get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −8.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Harrietsfield get?
Some 1,414 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in December (156 mm), the least in August (94 mm).
Are these figures for Harrietsfield itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Shearwater, since Harrietsfield has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Harrietsfield →
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).