Mount Royale is wetter than 95% of Canadian towns: 1,414 mm of rain and snow a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 22.7°C on average. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 94% of Canadian towns. Some 32°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 124 days a year with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Mount Royale is Shearwater, 12 km east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Mount Royale at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Mount Royale’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Mount Royale 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
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,414 mm of precipitation in a typical year
December is the wettest month and August the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 215 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from November to May, most of all in January (about 54 cm).
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), 28 km away.
Heating a home in Mount Royale
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. Homes here need less heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Mount Royale’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Between the last frost, near 30 April, and the first, near 29 October, lie about 181 frost-free 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 →Count on some 15 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
About 19 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Mount Royale: the hazards page.
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 | 12 km east |
| Station altitude | 44 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 28 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), 28 km |
How Mount Royale 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 Mount Royale whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Mount Royale with figures are 42–59 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Royale Shearwater | 22.7°C | −8.3°C | 1,414 mm |
| Enfield 42 km · Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C 1.5°C warmer | −10.1°C 1.8°C colder | 1,393 mm |
| Chester 50 km · Bridgewater | 25.5°C 2.8°C warmer | −10.2°C 1.9°C colder | 1,561 mm |
| Windsor 53 km · Waterville Cambridge | 25.9°C 3.2°C warmer | −9.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,216 mm |
| Stewiacke 59 km · Upper Stewiacke | 25.1°C 2.4°C warmer | −11.6°C 3.3°C colder | 1,277 mm |
Mount Royale 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 |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 2.0°C of normal, against the steadier 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 Mount Royale’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Shearwater, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Mount Royale’s climate
How warm does Mount Royale get in summer?
Of all twelve months, August has the warmest afternoons, about 23.3°C.
How cold does Mount Royale get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −8.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Mount Royale 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 Mount Royale itself?
Not exactly. Mount Royale lacks a normals station, so Shearwater supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Mount Royale →
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).