Average annual temperature is 7.8 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 29.2 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -25.0 °C
Number of sunny days: 134 days
Number of rainy days: 196 days
Number of snow days: 35 days
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* Weather data for Cape Breton County Canada is based on climate observations for 2026 year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute maximum temperature (°C) | 12.1 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 14.6 | 25.9 | 29.1 | 29.2 | 25.4 | 28.3 | 23.4 | 15.1 | 14.3 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 4.3 | -0.6 | 2.0 | 8.3 | 12.9 | 18.9 | 24.3 | 22.2 | 21.3 | 15.8 | 7.0 | 4.9 |
| Average temperature (°C) | 0.8 | -5.2 | -1.3 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 14.0 | 20.3 | 18.5 | 17.3 | 11.9 | 3.8 | 1.8 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | -2.4 | -9.8 | -4.2 | -0.5 | 3.7 | 10.4 | 17.4 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 9.1 | 1.1 | -0.7 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -15.0 | -25.0 | -15.4 | -6.4 | -0.6 | 6.4 | 14.4 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 2.9 | -4.1 | -5.6 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 9.1 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 13.6 | 15.0 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.7 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 8.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 2.7 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 250 | 110 | 121 | 38 | 95 | 116 | 150 | 200 | 86 | 219 | 183 | 271 |
| Sunny days | 9 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 |
| Rainy days | 17 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 13 |
| Snow days | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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