Posted in Nova Scotia Weather on January 26, 2017 – 02:19 pm
The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities, towns and parks in Nova Scotia. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of precipitation.
The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches). The annual amount of precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of Nova Scotia:, , and the .
Cape Breton Island
Average yearly precipitation
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
187 |
Baddeck |
60.4 |
1535 |
203 |
Cheticamp |
54.1 |
1375 |
207 |
Ingonish Beach |
69.0 |
1753 |
184 |
Louisbourg |
64.8 |
1646 |
189 |
Port Hawkesbury |
54.5 |
1384 |
191 |
Sydney |
59.7 |
1517 |
Northern & Eastern Shores
Annual averages for rainfall plus snowfall
159 |
Pictou |
48.5 |
1232 |
155 |
Pugwash |
40.9 |
1038 |
192 |
Sable Island |
59.5 |
1512 |
128 |
Stillwater - Sherbrooke |
60.0 |
1525 |
South Shore
Average amount of rain and snow a year
166 |
Bridgewater |
60.5 |
1536 |
162 |
Halifax |
57.8 |
1468 |
147 |
Liverpool - Milton |
64.7 |
1643 |
Yarmouth |
50.9 |
1293 |
Annapolis Valley
Average annual precipitation
161 |
Amherst - Nappan |
45.5 |
1155 |
133 |
Annapolis Royal |
152 |
Kejimkujik National Park |
53.1 |
1348 |
167 |
Kentville |
46.5 |
1181 |
181 |
Parrsboro |
50.0 |
1270 |
175 |
Truro |
46.6 |