Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPictou County, Subdivision A has cooler summers than 88% of Canadian towns
January nights here settle around −8.9°C. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 83% of Canadian towns. Seasons differ by 32°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. The furnace earns its keep from November to May, the months that average under 10°C.
These are not Pictou County, Subdivision A’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Caribou Point, 19 km north-east.
A year in Pictou County, Subdivision A at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Pictou County, Subdivision A’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Pictou County, Subdivision A feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
133 frost days and 77 days above 20°C a year
From November to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,134 mm of rain and snow a year
October brings the most rain and snow; July, the least. About 124 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Caribou Point normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Tatamagouche here, 29 km away.
Snowfall: about 187 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 53 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Living with Pictou County, Subdivision A’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 24 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
About 24 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Pictou County, Subdivision A’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Caribou Point
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Caribou Point, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 19 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 2 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Tatamagouche, 29 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.6°C |
| Average wind | 19.9 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Tatamagouche, 29 km |
How Pictou County, Subdivision A 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 Pictou County, Subdivision A’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 39–50 km from Pictou County, Subdivision A.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pictou County, Subdivision A Caribou Point | 23.1°C | −8.9°C | 1,134 mm |
| Colchester County, Subdivision B 39 km · Debert | 25.0°C 1.9°C warmer | −12.0°C 3.1°C colder | 1,179 mm |
| Belfast 46 km · Alliston | 24.3°C 1.2°C warmer | −9.7°C 0.8°C colder | 1,263 mm |
Pictou County, Subdivision A 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 | −1.3°C | −8.9°C | −5.1°C | 92 mm | 53 cm |
| February | −1.5°C | −9.2°C | −5.4°C | 75 mm | 46 cm |
| March | 1.5°C | −5.1°C | −1.8°C | 81 mm | 35 cm |
| April | 6.5°C | 0.1°C | 3.3°C | 79 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 12.8°C | 5.5°C | 9.1°C | 81 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 18.3°C | 10.9°C | 14.6°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.1°C | 15.6°C | 19.4°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.0°C | 15.9°C | 19.5°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 12.4°C | 16.0°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.6°C | 7.3°C | 10.5°C | 119 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.0°C | 1.8°C | 4.9°C | 118 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 2.7°C | −3.7°C | −0.5°C | 111 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 10.5°C | 3.5°C | 7.0°C | 1,134 mm | 187 cm |
From −12.5°C to 29.1°C: April’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 2.2°C around −5.1°C) and August least (1.0°C).
Where Pictou County, Subdivision A’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Caribou Point, its nearest location with complete 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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Pictou County, Subdivision A’s climate
How warm does Pictou County, Subdivision A get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.1°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Pictou County, Subdivision A get in winter?
In February, the coldest month, the typical low is −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Pictou County, Subdivision A get?
October is the wettest month at 119 mm and July the driest at 70 mm, for 1,134 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Pictou County, Subdivision A itself?
Not quite: they come from Caribou Point, the closest ECCC normals location to Pictou County, Subdivision A.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Pictou County, Subdivision A →
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).