More rain and snow fall on Woodlawn than on 95% of Canadian towns: 1,414 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 22.7°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 32°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 94% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 124 days a year with 1 mm or more.
No ECCC station in Woodlawn has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Shearwater, 7.0 km south, instead.
A year in Woodlawn at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Woodlawn’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Woodlawn 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
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
1,414 mm of precipitation in a typical year
December is the wettest month and August the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
215 cm of snow in a typical 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
Snowfall: Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 21 km away (Shearwater records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Woodlawn
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to May.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Woodlawn’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plant out after about 30 April; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 29 October, leaving roughly 181 days without frost.
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 →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 15 days a year here.
Count on some 19 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Woodlawn’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Shearwater
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Shearwater are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 7.0 km south |
| Station altitude | 44 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 21 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), 21 km |
How Woodlawn 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 Woodlawn whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 38–60 km from Woodlawn.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn Shearwater | 22.7°C | −8.3°C | 1,414 mm |
| Enfield 38 km · Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C 1.5°C warmer | −10.1°C 1.8°C colder | 1,393 mm |
| Stewiacke 52 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 60 km · Bridgewater | 25.5°C 2.8°C warmer | −10.2°C 1.9°C colder | 1,561 mm |
Woodlawn 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
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −19.1°C (1992) to 28.3°C (2012).
Where Woodlawn’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Shearwater from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Woodlawn’s climate
How warm does Woodlawn get in summer?
In August, the warmest month, the typical high is 23.3°C.
How cold does Woodlawn get in winter?
Lows sink to −8.3°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Woodlawn get?
Around 1,414 mm a year in all, from 156 mm in December down to 94 mm in August.
Are these figures for Woodlawn itself?
They come from Shearwater, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Woodlawn.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Woodlawn →
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).