Lunenburg sits near the top of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 1,561 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.5°C. Its January nights are the coldest among its 4 nearest neighbours. The wettest month is December; the driest is July. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 21–26°C.
These are not Lunenburg’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Bridgewater, 19 km west.
A year in Lunenburg at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lunenburg’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Lunenburg feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
162 frost days and 105 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 5 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,561 mm of precipitation in a typical year
2nd wettest of 90 towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia. Some 136 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 184 cm in a normal year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 50 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Lunenburg
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. A house here needs less heating than 70% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lunenburg’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Count on about 124 frost-free days: the last frost averages 26 May, the first 28 September.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Lunenburg’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Bridgewater
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Bridgewater.
| Distance from the town | 19 km west |
| Station altitude | 27 m |
| Completeness | at least 15 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Western Head, 52 km |
How Lunenburg 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Lunenburg’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 49–76 km from Lunenburg.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lunenburg Bridgewater | 25.5°C | −10.2°C | 1,561 mm |
| Liverpool 49 km · Western Head | 19.9°C 5.6°C cooler | −7.2°C 3.0°C milder | 1,561 mm |
| Halifax 67 km · Shearwater | 22.7°C 2.8°C cooler | −8.3°C 1.9°C milder | 1,414 mm |
| Windsor 70 km · Waterville Cambridge | 25.9°C about the same | −9.1°C 1.1°C milder | 1,216 mm |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision D 70 km · Greenwood | 26.2°C 0.7°C warmer | −9.8°C about the same | 1,137 mm |
Lunenburg weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.1°C | −10.2°C | −5.2°C | 136 mm | 50 cm |
| February | 1.0°C | −9.3°C | −4.2°C | 115 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 4.9°C | −5.3°C | −0.2°C | 143 mm | 35 cm |
| April | 10.8°C | −0.2°C | 5.3°C | 121 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 16.8°C | 4.7°C | 10.7°C | 138 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.2°C | 9.7°C | 15.9°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 13.3°C | 19.4°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 13.2°C | 19.3°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.1°C | 9.0°C | 15.1°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.4°C | 3.5°C | 9.0°C | 162 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.7°C | −0.2°C | 4.3°C | 160 mm | 10 cm |
| December | 3.3°C | −5.2°C | −1.0°C | 163 mm | 30 cm |
| Year | 12.8°C | 1.9°C | 7.4°C | 1,561 mm | 184 cm |
March: −23.5°C at its coldest, 28.5°C at its warmest
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 2.4°C around −5.2°C) and August least (0.8°C).
Where Lunenburg’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Bridgewater, 1991–2020.
- 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lunenburg’s climate
How warm does Lunenburg get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.5°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Lunenburg get in winter?
Overnight lows average −10.2°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Lunenburg get?
December is the wettest month at 163 mm and July the driest at 87 mm, for 1,561 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Lunenburg itself?
No, the station behind them is Bridgewater, beyond Lunenburg’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lunenburg →
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).