Hardly any Canadian towns see fresher July days than Liverpool
Nights in January average −7.2°C. A year here swings 28°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 98% of Canadian towns. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 17–21°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Liverpool is Western Head, 12 km south-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Liverpool at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Liverpool’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Liverpool feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 127 days, 20°C on 52
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
About 1,561 mm of rain and snow a year
December brings the most rain and snow; July, the least. 2nd wettest of 90 towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia. About 136 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Western Head normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Bridgewater here, 40 km away.
About 184 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 50 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Liverpool
83% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to May.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. A house here needs less heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Liverpool’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 11 days a year here.
Expect around 8 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Liverpool’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Western Head
Western Head is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 12 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 10 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Bridgewater, 40 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.7°C |
| Average wind | 15.3 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Bridgewater, 40 km |
How Liverpool 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 Liverpool whose figures come from another normals location. The one place listed is 39 km from Liverpool, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Western Head | 19.9°C | −7.2°C | 1,561 mm |
| Bridgewater 39 km · Bridgewater | 25.5°C 5.6°C warmer | −10.2°C 3.0°C colder | 1,561 mm |
Liverpool weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C | −7.2°C | −3.0°C | 136 mm | 50 cm |
| February | 1.6°C | −6.7°C | −2.6°C | 115 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 4.4°C | −3.8°C | 0.3°C | 143 mm | 35 cm |
| April | 8.7°C | 0.6°C | 4.7°C | 121 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 12.8°C | 4.7°C | 8.8°C | 138 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 17.2°C | 8.8°C | 13.1°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 19.9°C | 11.6°C | 15.8°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 20.9°C | 12.4°C | 16.6°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.3°C | 10.4°C | 14.9°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.8°C | 5.8°C | 10.3°C | 162 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.3°C | 1.4°C | 5.4°C | 160 mm | 10 cm |
| December | 4.6°C | −3.5°C | 0.5°C | 163 mm | 30 cm |
| Year | 11.2°C | 2.9°C | 7.1°C | 1,561 mm | 184 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 1.9°C, more than any month, and April least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −18.0°C in 2007 and a high of 29.2°C in 2012.
Where Liverpool’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Western Head, 1991–2020.
- 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: 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: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Liverpool’s climate
How warm does Liverpool get in summer?
At its warmest, in August, the normal high is 20.9°C.
How cold does Liverpool get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −7.2°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Liverpool get?
The year adds up to 1,561 mm. December is the peak month (163 mm) and July the low one (87 mm).
Are these figures for Liverpool itself?
No, they come from Western Head; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Liverpool itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Liverpool →
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).