Precipitation in Lawrencetown tops that of 95% of Canadian towns: 1,414 mm a year
January mornings start at about −8.3°C. Its July afternoons are the coolest among its 4 nearest neighbours. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 32°C apart. The outdoor season runs from June to September, with highs of 19–23°C.
Borrowed figures: Lawrencetown has no normals station, so these come from Shearwater, 9.0 km south-west.
A year in Lawrencetown at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lawrencetown’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Lawrencetown 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
December brings the most rain and snow; August, the least. On about 124 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 215 cm of snow a 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), 23 km away.
Heating a home in Lawrencetown
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to May.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Homes here need less heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lawrencetown’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 181 days, roughly 30 April to 29 October.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 15 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 19 days a year.
A typical year is calm by definition; Lawrencetown’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
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 | 9.0 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 Lawrencetown 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 Lawrencetown’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Lawrencetown with figures are 41–69 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrencetown Shearwater | 22.7°C | −8.3°C | 1,414 mm |
| Enfield 41 km · Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C 1.5°C warmer | −10.1°C 1.8°C colder | 1,393 mm |
| Stewiacke 51 km · Upper Stewiacke | 25.1°C 2.4°C warmer | −11.6°C 3.3°C colder | 1,277 mm |
| Windsor 66 km · Waterville Cambridge | 25.9°C 3.2°C warmer | −9.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,216 mm |
| Chester 69 km · Bridgewater | 25.5°C 2.8°C warmer | −10.2°C 1.9°C colder | 1,561 mm |
Lawrencetown 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 |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.0°C; the steadiest month is August
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −19.1°C in 1992 to 28.3°C in 2012.
Where Lawrencetown’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Shearwater, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lawrencetown’s climate
How warm does Lawrencetown get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in August, with highs averaging 23.3°C.
How cold does Lawrencetown get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −8.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Lawrencetown get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,414 mm; the range runs from 94 mm in August to 156 mm in December.
Are these figures for Lawrencetown itself?
They are borrowed from Shearwater, the nearest place to Lawrencetown where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lawrencetown →
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).