Photo: ProjectHorizons · CC BY-SA 4.0Indian Brook 14 is wetter than 94% of Canadian towns: 1,393 mm of rain and snow a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 24.2°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 69% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in November and least in July. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Indian Brook 14 itself; the figures are those of Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 24 km south.
A year in Indian Brook 14 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Indian Brook 14’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Indian Brook 14 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 151 frosts and 92 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. About 3 days a year top 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,393 mm a year
Some 124 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 215 cm of snow a 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
Heating a home in Indian Brook 14
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Indian Brook 14’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →On some 24 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 28 a year.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Indian Brook 14’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Halifax Stanfield (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Halifax Stanfield (Airport) are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 24 km south |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −28.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.0°C |
| Average wind | 17.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Upper Stewiacke, 36 km |
How Indian Brook 14 compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Nova Scotia.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Indian Brook 14’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Indian Brook 14 with figures are 11–29 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Brook 14 Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C | −10.1°C | 1,393 mm |
| Stewiacke 11 km · Upper Stewiacke | 25.1°C 0.9°C warmer | −11.6°C 1.5°C colder | 1,277 mm |
| Millbrook 27 29 km · Debert | 25.0°C 0.8°C warmer | −12.0°C 1.9°C colder | 1,179 mm |
Indian Brook 14 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 | −1.2°C | −10.1°C | −5.7°C | 126 mm | 54 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −9.7°C | −5.2°C | 111 mm | 44 cm |
| March | 3.5°C | −5.4°C | −0.9°C | 120 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 9.2°C | −0.3°C | 4.5°C | 106 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 15.5°C | 4.6°C | 10.1°C | 110 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 9.8°C | 15.2°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 14.2°C | 19.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 14.1°C | 19.2°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.0°C | 10.2°C | 15.2°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.7°C | 4.7°C | 9.2°C | 140 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7.6°C | 0.0°C | 3.8°C | 159 mm | 19 cm |
| December | 2.1°C | −5.8°C | −1.9°C | 147 mm | 44 cm |
| Year | 11.6°C | 2.2°C | 6.9°C | 1,393 mm | 215 cm |
In March, anything from −20.7°C to 27.2°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.2°C of the normal, −5.7°C. August is the steadiest, within 0.9°C.
Where Indian Brook 14’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 1991–2020.
- 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: 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 Indian Brook 14’s climate
How warm does Indian Brook 14 get in summer?
Expect highs near 24.2°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Indian Brook 14 get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −10.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Indian Brook 14 get?
Precipitation totals 1,393 mm a year, with November the wettest month (159 mm) and July the driest (87 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
In a normal winter there are about 84 days with at least 1 cm of snow lying.
Are these figures for Indian Brook 14 itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Halifax Stanfield (Airport), not in Indian Brook 14; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Indian Brook 14 →
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).