Precipitation in Timberlea tops that of 95% of Canadian towns: 1,414 mm a year
January mornings start at about −8.3°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 94% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 32°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 124 days a year with 1 mm or more.
These are not Timberlea’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Shearwater, 19 km east.
A year in Timberlea at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Timberlea’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Timberlea feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
133 frost days and 82 days above 20°C 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 is the wettest month and August the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 215 cm in a normal 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
ECCC’s Shearwater normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 31 km away.
Heating a home in Timberlea
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. By this count, homes here need less heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Timberlea’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 →Count on some 15 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Count on some 19 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Timberlea’s 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 | 19 km east |
| Station altitude | 44 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 31 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), 31 km |
How Timberlea 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 Timberlea’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Timberlea with figures are 43–49 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timberlea Shearwater | 22.7°C | −8.3°C | 1,414 mm |
| Enfield 43 km · Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C 1.5°C warmer | −10.1°C 1.8°C colder | 1,393 mm |
| Chester 43 km · Bridgewater | 25.5°C 2.8°C warmer | −10.2°C 1.9°C colder | 1,561 mm |
| Windsor 49 km · Waterville Cambridge | 25.9°C 3.2°C warmer | −9.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,216 mm |
Timberlea weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| 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 Timberlea’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: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Timberlea’s climate
How warm does Timberlea get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in August, with highs averaging 23.3°C.
How cold does Timberlea get in winter?
Expect nights around −8.3°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Timberlea get?
December is the wettest month at 156 mm and August the driest at 94 mm, for 1,414 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Timberlea itself?
They come from Shearwater, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Timberlea.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Timberlea →
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).