Halifax, Nova Scotia · City reference

Climate and weather averages

What Halifax's weather is normally like, month by month, from the official Environment Canada climate normals.

Live data · Times shown in Atlantic Time

A climate normal is a thirty-year average, not a forecast and not last year. Comparing a normal against today’s weather is how you tell whether a day is unusual for the time of year. This page uses the 1981-2010 normals for HALIFAX CITADEL (Halifax Citadel (downtown)).

Local time

12:58 a.m.

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Daylight today

11h 47m

7:10 a.m. to 6:57 p.m.

Time zone

Atlantic Time

America/Halifax

Coldest month

January

-4.1 °C average

The year at a glance

Warmest month

August

19.1 °C average

Annual precipitation

1,468 mm

Rain plus the water in snow

Annual rainfall

1,314 mm

Liquid precipitation only

Annual snowfall

154 cm

Frozen precipitation only

Month by month

1981-2010 climate normals, HALIFAX CITADEL (Environment Canada)
Month	Mean °C	Daily high °C	Daily low °C	Rain mm	Snow cm	Precip mm
January	-4.1	-0.1	-8.2	97	43	140
February	-3.6	0.4	-7.5	75	35	110
March	-0.2	3.5	-3.9	101	31	132
April	4.9	8.7	1.0	111	7	118
May	10.1	14.4	5.8	118	1	119
June	15.2	19.6	10.7	112	0	112
July	18.8	23.1	14.3	110	0	110
August	19.1	23.1	15.1	96	0	96
September	15.5	19.3	11.8	109	0	109
October	9.9	13.4	6.4	124	0	124
November	4.8	8.1	1.5	144	8	151
December	-0.8	2.8	-4.3	116	29	145

Frost and the growing season

The frost-free period averages 182 days a year at this station. The last frost of spring falls around day 121 of the year and the first frost of autumn around day 304. Days are counted from 1 January.

Official sources

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