More rain and snow fall on Manor Park than on 95% of Canadian towns: 1,414 mm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 22.7°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 94% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 32°C. Windshields need scraping on about 133 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Manor Park is Shearwater, 5.9 km south-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Manor Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Manor Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Manor Park feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
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
About 1,414 mm of rain and snow a year
December brings the most rain and snow; August, the least. Some 124 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
215 cm of snow in a typical 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
ECCC’s Shearwater normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 24 km away.
Heating a home in Manor Park
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. That means homes here need less heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Manor Park’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 30 April and returns near 29 October, about 181 days apart.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 15 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
About 19 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Manor Park’s hazards page looks at those.
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 | 5.9 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 44 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 24 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), 24 km |
How Manor Park 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Manor Park’s would only repeat its figures. Manor Park has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 40–58 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Park Shearwater | 22.7°C | −8.3°C | 1,414 mm |
| Enfield 40 km · Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C 1.5°C warmer | −10.1°C 1.8°C colder | 1,393 mm |
| Stewiacke 54 km · Upper Stewiacke | 25.1°C 2.4°C warmer | −11.6°C 3.3°C colder | 1,277 mm |
| Windsor 58 km · Waterville Cambridge | 25.9°C 3.2°C warmer | −9.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,216 mm |
| Chester 58 km · Bridgewater | 25.5°C 2.8°C warmer | −10.2°C 1.9°C colder | 1,561 mm |
Manor Park 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 |
March: −19.1°C at its coldest, 28.3°C at its warmest
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 2.0°C around −4.1°C) and August least (0.7°C).
Where Manor Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Shearwater (the closest location with all twelve months 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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Manor Park’s climate
How warm does Manor Park get in summer?
At its warmest, in August, the normal high is 23.3°C.
How cold does Manor Park get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −8.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Manor Park get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,414 mm: 156 mm in December, the wettest month, and 94 mm in August, the driest.
Are these figures for Manor Park itself?
No, the station behind them is Shearwater, beyond Manor Park’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Manor Park →
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).