Photo: SimonP at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0More rain and snow fall on Springhill than on 86% of Canadian towns: 1,161 mm a year
July afternoons average 24.3°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 68% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in October and eases off in February. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 132 days a year with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Springhill is Nappan, 19 km north-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Springhill at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Springhill’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Springhill feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 162 days, 20°C on 97
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 9 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,161 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
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
ECCC’s Nappan normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Tatamagouche, 69 km away.
Heating a home in Springhill
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C.
Living with Springhill’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 27 May and returns near 3 October, about 128 days apart.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Expect around 30 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
A humidex above 30 marks about 32 days in a normal year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Springhill’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Nappan
Nappan is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 19 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 20 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Tatamagouche, 69 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −36.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 32.7°C |
| Average wind | 15.1 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Parrsboro, 30 km |
How Springhill compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Nova Scotia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Springhill’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Springhill with figures are 32–43 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springhill Nappan | 24.3°C | −11.7°C | 1,161 mm |
| Cumberland County, Subdivision A 32 km · Parrsboro | 23.1°C 1.2°C cooler | −10.8°C 0.9°C milder | 1,247 mm |
| Colchester County, Subdivision A 42 km · Debert | 25.0°C 0.7°C warmer | −12.0°C about the same | 1,179 mm |
| Cumberland County, Subdivision D 43 km · Tatamagouche | 25.4°C 1.1°C warmer | −11.9°C about the same | 1,134 mm |
Springhill 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 | −2.0°C | −11.7°C | −6.9°C | 102 mm | 53 cm |
| February | −1.4°C | −11.2°C | −6.3°C | 80 mm | 46 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −6.7°C | −2.0°C | 91 mm | 35 cm |
| April | 9.1°C | −0.8°C | 4.1°C | 93 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 15.8°C | 4.4°C | 10.1°C | 84 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 20.7°C | 9.4°C | 15.1°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.3°C | 13.3°C | 18.8°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 12.9°C | 18.5°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.0°C | 9.1°C | 14.6°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.7°C | 3.9°C | 8.9°C | 115 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.4°C | −0.8°C | 3.3°C | 114 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 1.6°C | −6.6°C | −2.5°C | 114 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | 1.3°C | 6.3°C | 1,161 mm | 187 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.3°C; the steadiest month is August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. February spans the most, from −36.0°C (1993) to 16.2°C (2016).
Where Springhill’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Nappan, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Springhill’s climate
How warm does Springhill get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24.3°C.
How cold does Springhill get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −11.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Springhill get?
Some 1,161 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in October (115 mm), the least in February (80 mm).
Are these figures for Springhill itself?
No: Springhill has no normals location, so the figures come from Nappan, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Springhill →
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).