Photo: chester902 · Public domainWet weather: 1,216 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Wolfville, more than on 90% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.9°C. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 73% of Canadian towns. Expect the most rain and snow in December and the least in July. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Wolfville has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Waterville Cambridge, 23 km west, instead.
A year in Wolfville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wolfville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Wolfville feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 148 frosts and 109 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 7 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,216 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 141 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
232 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 66 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Wolfville
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 75% of Canadian towns.
Living with Wolfville’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 19 May until frost returns near 1 October: about 134 days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Wolfville’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Waterville Cambridge
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Waterville Cambridge.
| Distance from the town | 23 km west |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Parrsboro, 35 km |
How Wolfville 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 Wolfville’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 38–58 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Wolfville.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfville Waterville Cambridge | 25.9°C | −9.1°C | 1,216 mm |
| Kingston 38 km · Greenwood | 26.2°C about the same | −9.8°C 0.7°C colder | 1,137 mm |
| Cumberland County, Subdivision A 40 km · Parrsboro | 23.1°C 2.8°C cooler | −10.8°C 1.7°C colder | 1,247 mm |
| Chester 55 km · Bridgewater | 25.5°C about the same | −10.2°C 1.1°C colder | 1,561 mm |
Wolfville weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.5°C | −9.1°C | −4.8°C | 113 mm | 66 cm |
| February | 0.1°C | −8.9°C | −4.4°C | 91 mm | 50 cm |
| March | 4.0°C | −4.9°C | −0.5°C | 97 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 10.4°C | 0.6°C | 5.5°C | 90 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 5.7°C | 11.5°C | 88 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.2°C | 10.7°C | 16.5°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.9°C | 14.6°C | 20.3°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.5°C | 13.8°C | 19.7°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.2°C | 10.1°C | 15.6°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.4°C | 4.9°C | 9.7°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 8.5°C | 0.6°C | 4.6°C | 125 mm | 15 cm |
| December | 2.8°C | −4.7°C | −1.0°C | 134 mm | 49 cm |
| Year | 12.6°C | 2.8°C | 7.7°C | 1,216 mm | 232 cm |
February has run from −35.5°C to 17.5°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 2.3°C from −4.4°C. June moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Wolfville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Waterville Cambridge (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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, 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 Wolfville’s climate
How warm does Wolfville get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.9°C.
How cold does Wolfville get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −9.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Wolfville get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,216 mm of water a year; December brings the most (134 mm), July the least (79 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 86 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Wolfville itself?
They come from Waterville Cambridge, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Wolfville.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wolfville →
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).