Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY-SA 3.0Afternoon heat in Westville trails that of 88% of Canadian towns
January mornings start at about −8.9°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 32°C apart. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 83% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 133 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are not Westville’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Caribou Point, 24 km north.
A year in Westville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Westville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Westville feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 133 days, 20°C on 77
The frost season runs November to April, and January freezes nearly every night.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,134 mm 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
Precipitation and snowfall: Tatamagouche, 42 km away (Caribou Point records no complete year of either).
187 cm of snow in a typical year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 53 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Living with Westville’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 24 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Count on some 24 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Westville’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Caribou Point
Caribou Point is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 24 km north |
| Station altitude | 2 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Tatamagouche, 42 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, 42 km |
How Westville 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 Westville’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Westville with figures are 45–53 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westville Caribou Point | 23.1°C | −8.9°C | 1,134 mm |
| Colchester County, Subdivision B 45 km · Debert | 25.0°C 1.9°C warmer | −12.0°C 3.1°C colder | 1,179 mm |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C 50 km · Upper Stewiacke | 25.1°C 2.0°C warmer | −11.6°C 2.7°C colder | 1,277 mm |
| Antigonish County, Subdivision A 53 km · Collegeville | 24.5°C 1.4°C warmer | −10.4°C 1.5°C colder | 1,122 mm |
Westville 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 | −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 |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 2.2°C; the steadiest, August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. April spans the most, from −12.5°C (1995) to 29.1°C (2009).
Where Westville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Caribou Point, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Westville’s climate
How warm does Westville get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 23.1°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Westville get in winter?
On a normal February night the air drops to −9.2°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Westville 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 Westville itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Caribou Point, since Westville has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Westville →
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).