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Satellite view of Stanwoods Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Stanwoods Beach

CanadaNova Scotia · Canada · Atlantic Ocean

43.8167, -66.1487 · Yarmouth, 3 km

  • 13°Sea · August
  • 19°High · August
  • 7.7 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Stanwoods Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Stanwoods Beach in October

  • 13°CAir, daytime high9°C at night
  • 12°CSea temperature
  • 4.9 hSunshine a day
  • 13 daysRainy days in the month125 mm in total
  • 19 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 13.2 °C — 1.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 11.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.0 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September13 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJuly and August8 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August80 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan5°2 h112 mm
  2. Feb3°4 h104 mm
  3. Mar3°6 h102 mm
  4. Apr4°6 h101 mm
  5. May6°7 h100 mm
  6. Jun8°7 h99 mm
  7. Jul12°8 h83 mm
  8. Aug13°8 h80 mm
  9. Sep12°7 h91 mm
  10. Oct12°5 h125 mm
  11. Nov10°3 h142 mm
  12. Dec7°2 h150 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
5°10°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5°Feb: 3°Mar: 3°Apr: 4°May: 6°Jun: 8°Jul: 12°Aug: 13°Sep: 12°Oct: 12°Nov: 10°Dec: 7°13°3°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -1 °C (High 2° / Low -3°)Feb: -1 °C (High 1° / Low -3°)Mar: 1 °C (High 3° / Low -1°)Apr: 5 °C (High 7° / Low 2°)May: 8 °C (High 11° / Low 6°)Jun: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 10°)Jul: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)Aug: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 14°)Sep: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 12°)Oct: 11 °C (High 13° / Low 9°)Nov: 7 °C (High 9° / Low 4°)Dec: 2 °C (High 5° / Low 0°)16°-1°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 112 mmFeb: 104 mmMar: 102 mmApr: 101 mmMay: 100 mmJun: 99 mmJul: 83 mmAug: 80 mm80Sep: 91 mmOct: 125 mmNov: 142 mmDec: 150 mm150

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2.4 hFeb: 4.0 hMar: 5.7 hApr: 6.5 hMay: 6.7 hJun: 7.4 hJul: 7.7 h7.7Aug: 7.5 hSep: 6.9 hOct: 4.9 hNov: 2.9 hDec: 1.9 h1.9

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Stanwoods Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Stanwoods Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2-35112162.423
February1-33104134.023
March3-13102135.721
April724101136.518
May1166100136.715
June1510899137.414
July18141283127.712
Augustwarmest sea19141380117.512
September17121291116.914
October13912125134.919
November9410142142.921
December507150161.923

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Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER22 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20207 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.122 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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