Nova Scotia, Canada: Weather Records

102,440 weather records still stand at 89 stations in Nova Scotia, Canada, with standing records by year and every station.

Key Facts for Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia in Canada has 89 stations in the data, and 102,440 records set at them still stand.
1983 holds the most standing records in Nova Scotia: 4,797.

Which Years Hold Standing Records

102,440 standing records

102,440 records at stations in Nova Scotia still stand. 1983 holds the most, with 4,797.

Standing records in Nova Scotia by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1870	57
1871	90
1872	98
1873	200
1874	140
1875	143
1876	169
1877	123
1878	117
1879	238
1880	201
1881	238
1882	221
1883	230
1884	229
1885	218
1886	297
1887	200
1888	165
1889	199
1890	175
1891	156
1892	160
1893	103
1894	189
1895	192
1896	141
1897	257
1898	167
1899	165
1900	211
1901	203
1902	246
1903	287
1904	370
1905	199
1906	252
1907	237
1908	195
1909	160
1910	285
1911	503
1912	338
1913	452
1914	630
1915	443
1916	678
1917	636
1918	823
1919	645
1920	841
1921	668
1922	489
1923	722
1924	292
1925	519
1926	440
1927	533
1928	342
1929	879
1930	770
1931	429
1932	428
1933	590
1934	749
1935	487
1936	803
1937	649
1938	686
1939	689
1940	714
1941	647
1942	845
1943	859
1944	852
1945	884
1946	989
1947	900
1948	814
1949	1,135
1950	1,310
1951	1,188
1952	555
1953	1,306
1954	1,125
1955	968
1956	1,626
1957	1,485
1958	1,342
1959	1,511
1960	1,125
1961	1,509
1962	1,580
1963	2,460
1964	1,926
1965	1,952
1966	1,663
1967	2,519
1968	2,173
1969	2,036
1970	1,612
1971	1,730
1972	2,342
1973	2,144
1974	2,148
1975	2,066
1976	2,710
1977	2,033
1978	2,169
1979	3,655
1980	2,641
1981	3,512
1982	3,807
1983	4,797

Top Records by Significance

Stations

Stations in Nova Scotia
Station	Record from	Years	Thresholds
Annapolis Royal	1914	94 years	Threshold days
Antigonish	1880	68 years	Threshold days
Avon	1949	53 years	Threshold days
Baddeck	1875	126 years	Threshold days
Bear River	1952	55 years	Threshold days
Beaverbank	1871	94 years	Threshold days
Beaver Island (Aut)	1992	35 years	Threshold days
Bridgewater	1961	53 years	Threshold days
Cape Sable	1948	39 years	Threshold days
Caribou Point (Aut)	1993	34 years	Threshold days
Chain Lake	1945	33 years	Threshold days
Charlesville	1978	36 years	Threshold days
Cheticamp	1956	43 years	Threshold days
Clarence	1958	36 years	Threshold days
Clifton	1948	42 years	Threshold days
Collegeville	1916	98 years	Threshold days
Copper Lake	1945	30 years	Threshold days
Deming	1956	56 years	Threshold days
Dickie Brook	1950	45 years	Threshold days
Digby	1870	96 years	Threshold days
Ecum Secum	1940	47 years	Threshold days
Five Mile Lake	1933	46 years	Threshold days
Frizzleton	1916	36 years	Threshold days
Greenwood A	1942	85 years	Threshold days
Halifax	1871	63 years	Threshold days
Halifax	1939	36 years	Threshold days
Halifax Citadel	1933	70 years	Threshold days
Halifax Stanfield Int'l A	1953	60 years	Threshold days
Harmony	1950	37 years	Threshold days
Hart Island (Aut)	1993	34 years	Threshold days
Ingonish Beach	1950	51 years	Threshold days
Kejimkujik 1	1993	34 years	Threshold days
Kemptville	1950	42 years	Threshold days
Kentville Cda	1913	84 years	Threshold days
Kentville Cda CS	1996	31 years	Threshold days
Liverpool Big Falls	1940	73 years	Threshold days
Liverpool Milton	1966	48 years	Threshold days
Louisbourg	1972	40 years	Threshold days
Lyons Brook	1984	36 years	Threshold days
Mahone Bay	1872	89 years	Threshold days
Malay Falls	1950	51 years	Threshold days
Meteghan River	1937	50 years	Threshold days
Middle Musquodoboit	1961	59 years	Threshold days
Middleton	1914	33 years	Threshold days
Mount Uniacke	1919	85 years	Threshold days
Nappan Cda	1890	116 years	Threshold days
Paradise	1950	48 years	Threshold days
Parrsboro	1897	106 years	Threshold days
Pictou	1870	37 years	Threshold days
Pleasant Bay Grand Anse	1955	42 years	Threshold days
Pockwock Lake	1979	46 years	Threshold days
Port Hastings	1874	116 years	Threshold days
Port Hood	1950	44 years	Threshold days
Port Morien	1873	34 years	Threshold days
Pugwash	1965	50 years	Threshold days
Roseway	1950	46 years	Threshold days
Sable Island	1891	127 years	Threshold days
Sable Island East End	1883	48 years	Threshold days
St Margaret's Bay	1922	100 years	Threshold days
St Paul Island (Aut)	1993	34 years	Threshold days
Salmon Hole	1938	75 years	Threshold days
Shearwater A	1944	64 years	Threshold days
Sheffield Mills	1958	36 years	Threshold days
Springfield	1919	85 years	Threshold days
Spruce Hill Lake	1945	33 years	Threshold days
Stillwater	1915	65 years	Threshold days
Stillwater Sherbrooke	1967	38 years	Threshold days
Summerville	1965	40 years	Threshold days
Sydney	1870	72 years	Threshold days
Sydney A	1941	86 years	Threshold days
Trafalgar	1919	63 years	Threshold days
Truro	1872	44 years	Threshold days
Truro	1960	43 years	Threshold days
Truro Nsac	1910	57 years	Threshold days
Tusket	1950	58 years	Threshold days
Upper Stewiacke	1915	91 years	Threshold days
Waterville Cambridge	1980	44 years	Threshold days
Western Head	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Westphal	1955	44 years	Threshold days
Westport	1961	33 years	Threshold days
Weymouth Falls	1965	36 years	Threshold days
Whitehead	1883	78 years	Threshold days
White Rock	1977	45 years	Threshold days
Windsor Kings College	1871	78 years	Threshold days
Wolfville	1870	80 years	Threshold days
Wreck Cove Brook	1976	37 years	Threshold days
Yarmouth	1870	72 years	Threshold days
Yarmouth A	1955	71 years	Threshold days
Yarmouth A	1940	73 years	Threshold days

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).