Amherst weather
Loading live data…Cloudy,warmer tomorrow
Env. Canada, the European and the American model agree on a high near 9° in Amherst today. Tomorrow: mostly clear, around 15°, with a 0% chance of rain.
Latest for Amherst: Env. Canada (GEM model): 5° Partly cloudy · European (ECMWF): 5° Mainly clear · American (NOAA GFS): 4° Overcast.
CheckWeather.io on iPhoneFree. No ads, no account.Amherst weather in numbers
from 30 years of measured normalsAmherst swings 37°C across the year, from 24°C highs in July to -13°C lows in February, and November is usually the wettest month in a year that brings about 1189 mm of precipitation.
The weather map: all three models at once
Env. Canada, European, American side by side around Amherst and nearby towns.Live rain radar →Amherst hourly forecast: next 14 hours
consensus of the three modelsRain in the next 24 hours, model by model
each model's own hourly precipitation, side by sideLoading the three models…
Amherst 10-day forecast, out to 14 days
where the models agree, and where they splitAmherst, Nova Scotia is at its warmest in Jul (average highs near 24°C) and coldest in Feb (lows around -13°C), with roughly 1189 mm of precipitation across the year. Below, compare what Env. Canada, European, American forecast for Amherst right now, and see exactly where they disagree.
We grade every model against the weather that actually happened, so you can see which forecast model is most accurate in Canada before you trust any single number.
Amherst climate by month
average daytime high and overnight low across a typical year (1991-2020)Source: 1991-2020 averages, ERA5 for this place adjusted with NASA POWER.
How the weather around Amherst has changed since 1995
Amherst sits in the same roughly 50 km square of NASA's reanalysis as Dieppe. That square ran 0.7°C warmer in 2015-2024 than in 1995-2004. See the full 30-year picture on the Dieppe page.
Which forecast is most accurate in Amherst?
CheckWeather Score, graded against the weather that actually happened
The CheckWeather Score blends temperature, wind and rain accuracy, each measured against ERA5 (the recorded weather) over the last 30 days across 1320 cities. Lower error means a higher score. See which forecast model is most accurate in Canada, how we measure forecast accuracy, or which model each weather app uses.
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Where the models disagree
temperature and rain, judged separatelyThe models often agree on temperature and still split on rain, and rain is usually what decides whether a plan survives. A wide rain range means the shower is genuinely uncertain, not that the forecast is wrong.