Downtown Halifax weather
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Env. Canada, the European and the American model agree on a high near 9° in Downtown Halifax today. Tomorrow: clear, around 15°, with a 0% chance of rain.
Latest for Downtown Halifax: Env. Canada (GEM model): 5° Mainly clear · European (ECMWF): 5° Partly cloudy · American (NOAA GFS): 4° Partly cloudy.
CheckWeather.io on iPhoneFree. No ads, no account.Downtown Halifax weather in numbers
measured normals and 10 years of recorded weatherDowntown Halifax swings 32°C across the year, from 23°C highs in August to -9°C lows in February, and November is usually the wettest month in a year that brings about 1503 mm of precipitation. Over 10 years of recorded weather it averages 18 days a year at 25°C or above, 119 frost nights, and rain on 141 days.
Day counts are from the ERA5 reanalysis for Downtown Halifax’s grid square, 2016 to 2025, counted the same way for every city so the numbers compare. A reanalysis square is an area, not a weather station, so it is good for counting days and not for a single day’s record.
The weather map: all three models at once
Env. Canada, European, American side by side around Downtown Halifax and nearby towns.Live rain radar →Downtown Halifax 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…
Downtown Halifax 10-day forecast, out to 14 days
where the models agree, and where they splitDowntown Halifax, Nova Scotia is at its warmest in Aug (average highs near 23°C) and coldest in Feb (lows around -9°C), with roughly 1503 mm of precipitation across the year. Below, compare what Env. Canada, European, American forecast for Downtown Halifax 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.
Downtown Halifax 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 Downtown Halifax has changed since 1995
Downtown Halifax sits in the same roughly 50 km square of NASA's reanalysis as Halifax. That square ran 0.8°C warmer in 2015-2024 than in 1995-2004. See the full 30-year picture on the Halifax page.
Which forecast is most accurate in Downtown Halifax?
CheckWeather Score, graded against the weather that actually happened
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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.