Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHardly any Canadian towns see fresher July days than Richmond County, Subdivision B
In January the night’s low is typically −6.2°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 95% of Canadian towns. Some 28°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Expect about 121 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Richmond County, Subdivision B is Hart Island, 36 km south-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Richmond County, Subdivision B at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Richmond County, Subdivision B’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Richmond County, Subdivision B feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
121 frost days a year
Frost comes from November to April; in January almost every night freezes.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
1,481 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in December, the least in July. 7th wettest of 91 towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia. Some 142 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Sydney, 80 km away (Hart Island records no complete year of either).
281 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from November to May, most of all in January (about 78 cm). 3rd snowiest of 91 towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Living with Richmond County, Subdivision B’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 14 days a year.
About 8 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Richmond County, Subdivision B’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Hart Island
Hart Island is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 36 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 8 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Sydney, 80 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −24.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 31.4°C |
| Average wind | 24.4 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Port Hawkesbury, 50 km |
How Richmond County, Subdivision B 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 Richmond County, Subdivision B’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 19–48 km from Richmond County, Subdivision B.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond County, Subdivision B Hart Island | 20.3°C | −6.2°C | 1,481 mm |
| Richmond County, Subdivision A 19 km · Port Hawkesbury | 23.2°C 2.9°C warmer | −9.9°C 3.7°C colder | 1,122 mm |
| Eskasoni 3 34 km · Sydney | 23.4°C 3.1°C warmer | −9.1°C 2.9°C colder | 1,481 mm |
Richmond County, Subdivision B 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 | 0.7°C | −6.2°C | −2.7°C | 139 mm | 78 cm |
| February | 0.0°C | −6.4°C | −3.2°C | 131 mm | 68 cm |
| March | 1.9°C | −3.7°C | −0.9°C | 121 mm | 45 cm |
| April | 5.8°C | 0.0°C | 3.0°C | 120 mm | 23 cm |
| May | 11.0°C | 4.0°C | 7.5°C | 99 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 15.7°C | 8.7°C | 12.2°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 20.3°C | 13.7°C | 17.0°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.7°C | 15.7°C | 18.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.8°C | 13.0°C | 15.9°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.4°C | 7.8°C | 10.6°C | 147 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.4°C | 2.7°C | 5.6°C | 149 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 3.9°C | −2.1°C | 0.9°C | 170 mm | 57 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | 3.9°C | 7.1°C | 1,481 mm | 281 cm |
March has run from −18.5°C to 24.8°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, December’s average typically shifts by 1.6°C around its normal of 0.9°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 0.9°C.
Where Richmond County, Subdivision B’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Hart Island, 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: 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, 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 Richmond County, Subdivision B’s climate
How warm does Richmond County, Subdivision B get in summer?
Midsummer means August, with afternoons near 21.7°C on a typical day.
How cold does Richmond County, Subdivision B get in winter?
A typical February night falls to −6.4°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Richmond County, Subdivision B get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,481 mm of water a year; December brings the most (170 mm), July the least (87 mm).
Are these figures for Richmond County, Subdivision B itself?
No, the station behind them is Hart Island, beyond Richmond County, Subdivision B’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Richmond County, Subdivision B →
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).