Sheet Harbour has some of the coolest summers among Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −6.2°C. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 92% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 26°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from July to September, with highs of 18–20°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Sheet Harbour is Beaver Island, 22 km south-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Sheet Harbour at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sheet Harbour’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Sheet Harbour feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
114 frost days a year
The frost season runs November to April, peaking in January at about 27 nights.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
About 1,277 mm of rain and snow a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. Some 141 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Beaver Island publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from Upper Stewiacke, 52 km away.
162 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to April; February brings the most, about 44 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Beaver Island normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Collegeville, 71 km away.
Living with Sheet Harbour’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →On some 17 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Sheet Harbour’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Beaver Island
Beaver Island is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 22 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 16 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Upper Stewiacke, 52 km |
| Snowfall from | Collegeville, 71 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −21.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 28.4°C |
| Average wind | 25.3 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Upper Stewiacke, 52 km |
How Sheet Harbour 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
Places around Sheet Harbour whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 53–68 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sheet Harbour.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheet Harbour Beaver Island | 17.5°C | −6.2°C | 1,277 mm |
| St. Mary's 53 km · Collegeville | 24.5°C 7.0°C warmer | −10.4°C 4.2°C colder | 1,122 mm |
| Pictou County, Subdivision B 66 km · Caribou Point | 23.1°C 5.6°C warmer | −8.9°C 2.7°C colder | 1,277 mm |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C 67 km · Upper Stewiacke | 25.1°C 7.6°C warmer | −11.6°C 5.4°C colder | 1,277 mm |
Sheet Harbour 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 | 0.7°C | −6.2°C | −2.7°C | 116 mm | 35 cm |
| February | −0.1°C | −6.4°C | −3.3°C | 100 mm | 44 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −3.4°C | −0.7°C | 107 mm | 27 cm |
| April | 5.4°C | 0.7°C | 3.1°C | 92 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 9.2°C | 4.5°C | 6.9°C | 95 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 13.5°C | 8.7°C | 11.1°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 17.5°C | 12.9°C | 15.2°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 19.6°C | 14.8°C | 17.2°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.0°C | 12.8°C | 15.4°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.4°C | 8.3°C | 10.8°C | 125 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 8.4°C | 3.2°C | 5.8°C | 123 mm | 8 cm |
| December | 4.0°C | −2.1°C | 1.0°C | 133 mm | 38 cm |
| Year | 9.3°C | 4.0°C | 6.7°C | 1,277 mm | 162 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 1.6°C, more than any month, and June least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −18.8°C in 2007 to 16.0°C in 2012.
Where Sheet Harbour’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Beaver Island, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: 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 Sheet Harbour’s climate
How warm does Sheet Harbour get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in August, at about 19.6°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Sheet Harbour get in winter?
A typical February night falls to −6.4°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Sheet Harbour get?
The yearly total is about 1,277 mm. December gets 133 mm, the most of any month; July gets 88 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Sheet Harbour itself?
No, the station behind them is Beaver Island, beyond Sheet Harbour’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sheet Harbour →
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).