Precipitation in Stewiacke tops that of 92% of Canadian towns: 1,277 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −11.6°C. Its January nights stay gentler than in 61% of Canadian towns. Of all months, December brings the most precipitation and July the least. The furnace earns its keep from October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Stewiacke itself; the figures are those of Upper Stewiacke, 26 km north-east.
A year in Stewiacke at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Stewiacke’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Stewiacke feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 175 days, 20°C on 100
Frost comes from September to June; in January almost every night freezes. On about 11 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
About 1,277 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 141 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 215 cm in a normal year
From November to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 54 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
ECCC’s Upper Stewiacke normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 31 km away.
Heating a home in Stewiacke
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C.
Living with Stewiacke’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Wait until about 2 June to plant out; frost tends to come back around 21 September, about 109 days later.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Stewiacke’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Upper Stewiacke
ECCC builds the Upper Stewiacke normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 26 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 24 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 31 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −37.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Next-nearest location | Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 31 km |
How Stewiacke compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Nova Scotia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Stewiacke’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 11–25 km from Stewiacke.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewiacke Upper Stewiacke | 25.1°C | −11.6°C | 1,277 mm |
| Indian Brook 14 11 km · Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C 0.9°C cooler | −10.1°C 1.5°C milder | 1,393 mm |
| Millbrook 27 22 km · Debert | 25.0°C about the same | −12.0°C about the same | 1,179 mm |
Stewiacke 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 | −0.9°C | −11.6°C | −6.3°C | 116 mm | 54 cm |
| February | −0.2°C | −11.3°C | −5.8°C | 100 mm | 44 cm |
| March | 3.6°C | −6.9°C | −1.6°C | 107 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 9.5°C | −1.7°C | 3.9°C | 92 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 16.0°C | 3.2°C | 9.6°C | 95 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.2°C | 8.1°C | 14.7°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 12.0°C | 18.7°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.9°C | 11.5°C | 18.3°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 7.5°C | 14.1°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.1°C | 2.5°C | 8.3°C | 125 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 8.1°C | −1.3°C | 3.4°C | 123 mm | 19 cm |
| December | 2.7°C | −6.6°C | −2.0°C | 133 mm | 44 cm |
| Year | 12.1°C | 0.5°C | 6.3°C | 1,277 mm | 215 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −29.5°C to 25.7°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 2.4°C of its normal of −6.3°C; August keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Stewiacke’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Upper Stewiacke, 1991–2020.
- 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: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Stewiacke’s climate
How warm does Stewiacke get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.1°C on a typical day.
How cold does Stewiacke get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −11.6°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Stewiacke get?
Precipitation totals 1,277 mm a year, with December the wettest month (133 mm) and July the driest (88 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 89 days a year.
Are these figures for Stewiacke itself?
Not as such: Upper Stewiacke is the nearest normals location, and Stewiacke has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Stewiacke →
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).