Average Snowfall for Nova Scotia in April

The tables below list monthly averages for snowfall during April at cities, towns and parks in Nova Scotia.

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 numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.2 centimetres (0.08 inches) this month. The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Cape Breton Island

April snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
4 Baddeck 7.6 19.4
3 Cheticamp 8.6 21.7
5 Ingonish Beach 14.2 36.1
3 Louisbourg 7.0 17.9
4 Port Hawkesbury 5.7 14.5
6 Sydney 8.4 21.4

Northern & Eastern Shores

Total amount of snow in April on average
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
4 Pictou 7.6 19.3
3 Pugwash 4.8 12.3
3 Sable Island 3.6 9.1
2 Stillwater - Sherbrooke 4.6 11.8

South Shore

Average total snowfall in April
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
3 Bridgewater 5.5 13.9
2 Halifax 2.8 7.0
1 Liverpool - Milton 2.7 7.0
3 Yarmouth 3.9 9.8

Annapolis Valley

Average April snowfall
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
4 Amherst - Nappan 9.4 23.9
2 Annapolis Royal 3.0 7.7
2 Kejimkujik National Park 4.3 11.0
4 Kentville 6.8 17.2
3 Parrsboro 6.7 17.0
4 Truro 6.4 16.3
Reference

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

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