Precipitation in Lower Sackville tops that of 94% of Canadian towns: 1,393 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 24.2°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 69% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 34°C apart. Plan for rain or snow on about 124 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Read at Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 19 km north-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Lower Sackville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lower Sackville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Lower Sackville feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 151 frosts and 92 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 3 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,393 mm a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 215 cm of snow a 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
Heating a home in Lower Sackville
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. A house here needs less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lower Sackville’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 24 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 28 days a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Lower Sackville’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Halifax Stanfield (Airport)
ECCC builds the Halifax Stanfield (Airport) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 19 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −28.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.0°C |
| Average wind | 17.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Shearwater, 21 km |
How Lower Sackville 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 Lower Sackville’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Sackville Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C | −10.1°C | 1,393 mm |
| Middle Sackville 3.8 km · Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C about the same | −10.1°C about the same | 1,393 mm |
| Bedford 5.7 km · Shearwater | 22.7°C 1.5°C cooler | −8.3°C 1.8°C milder | 1,414 mm |
Lower Sackville 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 | −1.2°C | −10.1°C | −5.7°C | 126 mm | 54 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −9.7°C | −5.2°C | 111 mm | 44 cm |
| March | 3.5°C | −5.4°C | −0.9°C | 120 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 9.2°C | −0.3°C | 4.5°C | 106 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 15.5°C | 4.6°C | 10.1°C | 110 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 9.8°C | 15.2°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 14.2°C | 19.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 14.1°C | 19.2°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.0°C | 10.2°C | 15.2°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.7°C | 4.7°C | 9.2°C | 140 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7.6°C | 0.0°C | 3.8°C | 159 mm | 19 cm |
| December | 2.1°C | −5.8°C | −1.9°C | 147 mm | 44 cm |
| Year | 11.6°C | 2.2°C | 6.9°C | 1,393 mm | 215 cm |
In March, anything from −20.7°C to 27.2°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.2°C of the normal, −5.7°C. August is the steadiest, within 0.9°C.
Where Lower Sackville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Halifax Stanfield (Airport), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lower Sackville’s climate
How warm does Lower Sackville get in summer?
Afternoons average 24.2°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Lower Sackville get in winter?
January nights average −10.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Lower Sackville get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,393 mm; the range runs from 87 mm in July to 159 mm in November.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 84 days a year.
Are these figures for Lower Sackville itself?
They are the normals for Halifax Stanfield (Airport), measured just outside Lower Sackville itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lower Sackville →
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).