Average Precipitation for Nova Scotia in April

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during April at cities, towns and parks in Nova Scotia. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of Nova Scotia: Cape Breton Island, Northern and Eastern Shores, South Shore and the Annapolis Valley.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010.

Cape Breton Island

Average monthly precipitation in April
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
15 Baddeck 5.0 126
13 Cheticamp 3.5 88
17 Ingonish Beach 6.6 169
15 Louisbourg 5.8 148
15 Port Hawkesbury 4.2 106
16 Sydney 5.2 133

Northern & Eastern Shores

April averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
14 Pictou 3.7 94
14 Pugwash 3.2 82
16 Sable Island 4.5 115
11 Stillwater - Sherbrooke 4.4 112

South Shore

Average amount of rain and snow in April
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
15 Bridgewater 5.0 127
15 Halifax 4.7 118
14 Liverpool - Milton 5.7 146
13 Yarmouth 4.0 101

Annapolis Valley

Precipitation totals for April
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
13 Amherst - Nappan 3.6 92
11 Annapolis Royal 3.7 95
13 Kejimkujik National Park 4.9 124
14 Kentville 3.7 93
16 Parrsboro 4.1 104
13 Truro 3.3 85
Reference

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.

Nova Scotia Precipitation
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