Photo: Ann Baekken · CC BY 2.0Summer arrives softly in Stellarton, cooler than in 88% of Canadian towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about −8.9°C. Some 32°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 83% of Canadian towns. The furnace earns its keep from November to May, the months that average under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Stellarton has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Caribou Point, 23 km north, instead.
A year in Stellarton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Stellarton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Stellarton feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
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. Some 124 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Caribou Point publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Tatamagouche, 46 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 Stellarton’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 24 days in a normal year.
Plan shade and water for about 24 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Stellarton’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Caribou Point
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Caribou Point.
| Distance from the town | 23 km north |
| Station altitude | 2 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Tatamagouche, 46 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, 46 km |
How Stellarton 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Stellarton’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 49–54 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Stellarton.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stellarton Caribou Point | 23.1°C | −8.9°C | 1,134 mm |
| Antigonish County, Subdivision A 49 km · Collegeville | 24.5°C 1.4°C warmer | −10.4°C 1.5°C colder | 1,122 mm |
| Colchester County, Subdivision B 49 km · Debert | 25.0°C 1.9°C warmer | −12.0°C 3.1°C colder | 1,179 mm |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C 54 km · Upper Stewiacke | 25.1°C 2.0°C warmer | −11.6°C 2.7°C colder | 1,277 mm |
Stellarton 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 |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 2.2°C of normal, against the steadier August
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than April, between −12.5°C (1995) and 29.1°C (2009).
Where Stellarton’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: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Stellarton’s climate
How warm does Stellarton get in summer?
Highs reach 23.1°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Stellarton get in winter?
In February, the coldest month, the typical low is −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Stellarton get?
The year adds up to 1,134 mm. October is the peak month (119 mm) and July the low one (70 mm).
Are these figures for Stellarton itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Caribou Point; Stellarton has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Stellarton →
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).