Wet weather: 1,414 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Hubley, more than on 95% of Canadian towns
January mornings start at about −8.3°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 94% of Canadian towns. Seasons differ by 32°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Windshields need scraping on about 133 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
These are not Hubley’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Shearwater, 29 km east.
A year in Hubley at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hubley’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Hubley feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 133 days, 20°C on 82
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
The most falls in December, the least in August. 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
The snow season runs November to May; January brings the most, about 54 cm.
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), 36 km away.
Heating a home in Hubley
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to May.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. By this count, homes here need less heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Hubley’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 30 April until frost returns near 29 October: about 181 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 15 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Plan shade and water for about 19 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Hubley’s hazards page looks at those.
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 | 29 km east |
| Station altitude | 44 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 36 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), 36 km |
How Hubley 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Hubley’s would only repeat its figures. Hubley has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 34–49 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hubley Shearwater | 22.7°C | −8.3°C | 1,414 mm |
| Chester 34 km · Bridgewater | 25.5°C 2.8°C warmer | −10.2°C 1.9°C colder | 1,561 mm |
| Windsor 41 km · Waterville Cambridge | 25.9°C 3.2°C warmer | −9.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,216 mm |
| Enfield 44 km · Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C 1.5°C warmer | −10.1°C 1.8°C colder | 1,393 mm |
Hubley 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 |
From −19.1°C to 28.3°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 2.0°C from −4.1°C. August moves least, typically by 0.7°C.
Where Hubley’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: 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: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Hubley’s climate
How warm does Hubley get in summer?
Midsummer means August, with afternoons near 23.3°C on a typical day.
How cold does Hubley get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −8.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Hubley get?
December is the wettest month at 156 mm and August the driest at 94 mm, for 1,414 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Hubley itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Shearwater, not in Hubley; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hubley →
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).