Weather in Halifax

14-day forecast · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 5:51 pm (ADT)

Now · overcast 43 °F

Feels like: 37 °F
Low / high: 33 / 48 °F
Rain: 0%
Wind: 5 mph W

↘ 30.32 inHg · falling

Today in Halifax: overcast, 33 °F to 48 °F, with a 0% chance of rain and a light breeze from the west (5 mph). Tomorrow, clear sky, 36 °F to 58 °F and a 0% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Thursday 29, at 58 °F. Next likely rain: Friday 30 (64%).

Measured now at the airport

McNabs Island (CXMI), 3.5 mi away · 52 min ago

Visibility—

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature49 °F

Wind12 mph from the west-southwest

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Temperatures for the next 14 days

48° 33°
Today
58° 36°
Thu 29
56° 48°
Fri 30
50° 35°
Sat 31
48° 33°
Sun 1
57° 39°
Mon 2
58° 44°
Tue 3
60° 46°
Wed 4
63° 46°
Thu 5
56° 46°
Fri 6
56° 49°
Sat 7
48° 41°
Sun 8
52° 38°
Mon 9
48° 35°
Tue 10

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	High tides	Model
Today · 28	Overcast	33 / 48 °F	0%	10 mph WNW	2.4 ft	9:59 am · 10:42 pm	ECMWF
Thu 29	Clear sky	36 / 58 °F	0%	12 mph SW	4.4 ft	10:46 am · 11:32 pm	ECMWF
Fri 30	Drizzle	48 / 56 °F	64% · 0.06 in	12 mph WSW	4.5 ft	11:36 am	ECMWF
Sat 31	Overcast	35 / 50 °F	6%	13 mph NW	3.2 ft	12:24 am · 12:28 pm	ECMWF
Sun 1	Overcast	33 / 48 °F	0%	11 mph W	3.0 ft	1:21 am · 12:26 pm	ECMWF
Mon 2	Overcast	39 / 57 °F	0%	11 mph WSW	3.7 ft	1:25 am · 1:32 pm	ECMWF
Tue 3	Overcast	44 / 58 °F	8%	7 mph WSW	2.6 ft	2:38 am · 2:48 pm	ECMWF
Wed 4	Light drizzle	46 / 60 °F	20% · 0.02 in	15 mph SSW	4.8 ft	3:49 am · 4:06 pm	ECMWF
Thu 5	Light drizzle	46 / 63 °F	7% · 0.02 in	11 mph WSW	4.5 ft	4:47 am · 5:11 pm	ECMWF
Fri 6	Light drizzle	46 / 56 °F	27% · 0.05 in	6 mph ESE	4.3 ft	5:36 am · 6:04 pm	ECMWF
Sat 7	Light drizzle	49 / 56 °F	42% · 0.07 in	14 mph N	5.6 ft	6:19 am · 6:51 pm	ECMWF
Sun 8	Light drizzle	41 / 48 °F	31% · 0.07 in	14 mph NW	5.1 ft	6:59 am · 7:36 pm	ECMWF
Mon 9	Mainly clear	38 / 52 °F	19%	11 mph WNW	3.3 ft	7:39 am · 8:18 pm	ECMWF
Tue 10	Partly cloudy	35 / 48 °F	16%	6 mph NNW	2.1 ft	8:17 am · 9:00 pm	ECMWF

Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore. High tides: our own tide calculation.

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Sky	Clear	Clear	Clear	Clear sky	Clear sky	Mainly clear	Overcast	Mainly clear
Temperature	38°	34°	33°	35°	44°	48°	43°	40°
Chance of rain	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Rain	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in
Wind (mph)	10 NW	8 NW	6 NW	5 NW	5 WNW	7 W	5 W	7 W
Humidity	55%	62%	71%	72%	44%	39%	58%	67%
UV	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Model	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF

Do the models agree?

Medium confidence

They broadly agree, but not quite on rain on Friday 30: take it with some caution.

What 4 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

HighRainWind

Do the models agree? · High
High (°F)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	48°	58°	56°	50°	48°	57°	58°
AIFS	48°	59°	61°	49°	48°	59°	62°
GFS	48°	58°	61°	48°	52°	57°	51°
ICON	49°	56°	60°	51°	48°	55°	53°
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	low

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	0	0	0.06 in	0	0	0	0
AIFS	0	0	0.15 in	0.02 in	0	0	0
GFS	0	0	0.02 in	0.06 in	0	0	0
ICON	0	0	0.00 in	0	0	0	0.01 in
Confidence	high	high	medium	medium	high	high	high

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	1019	1223	1224	1331	1125	1125	618
AIFS	9	12	12	13	11	9	9
GFS	724	1237	1237	1326	1126	1129	1123
ICON	716	1227	1226	1534	1125	1431	1330
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	medium

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	0%	0%	64%	6%	0%	0%	8%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	0%	0%	68%	35%	0%	13%	26%

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Outlook

How the coming weeks and months compare with what is normal for the time of year. It is a trend, not a day-by-day forecast.

Next few weeks, compared with normal: a bit warmer, normal rain and a near-normal sea.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Normal +0.5 °F	Normal	A bit below −1.6 °F	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Normal +0.5 °F	Normal	A bit below −0.5 °F	47° / 43°
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	A bit above +1.1 °F	Normal	Normal +0.2 °F	46° / 42°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	A bit above +1.8 °F	Normal	A bit above +0.7 °F	45° / 41°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	A bit above +1.4 °F	Normal	A bit above +0.9 °F	42° / 38°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea
November	A bit above +1.8 °F	Normal	A bit above +1.6 °F
December	Above +4.1 °F	A bit above +20%	Above +3.2 °F
January	Well above +5.8 °F	Normal	Well above +4.1 °F
February	Above +5.0 °F	Normal	Well above +4.7 °F
March	Above +4.3 °F	Normal	Well above +4.5 °F

Weeks: ECMWF 46-day (average of its scenarios), against the normal of the last 20 years for those dates. Months: ECMWF SEAS5. Rain: total against normal. The further ahead, the closer it gets to normal and the less detail it can give.

Halifax climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Halifax is from July to August: highs of 75 °F, about 8 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

Hurricane season: from August to October, peaking in September. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 6 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Halifax, about 2 every 10 years; 5 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Earl, in September 2010.

33° 17°

JanJ
33° 17°

FebF
39° 23°

MarM
48° 33°

AprA
58° 41°

MayM
67° 50°

JunJ
74° 57°

JulJ
75° 58°

AugA
69° 52°

SepS
58° 42°

OctO
48° 34°

NovN
38° 25°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves	Cyclones
JanuaryJan	33°	17°	5.49 in	10	3.1	37°	5.8 ft	–
FebruaryFeb	33°	17°	4.69 in	8	4.4	34°	5.8 ft	–
MarchMar	39°	23°	5.07 in	9	5.6	33°	5.4 ft	–
AprilApr	48°	33°	4.47 in	10	5.5	36°	5.1 ft	–
MayMay	58°	41°	4.20 in	10	6.0	41°	3.9 ft	–
JuneJun	67°	50°	4.57 in	10	6.8	49°	3.6 ft	–
JulyJul	74°	57°	3.91 in	8	7.2	57°	3.4 ft	–
AugustAug	75°	58°	3.68 in	8	7.2	62°	3.4 ft	1
SeptemberSep	69°	52°	3.88 in	8	6.1	61°	4.1 ft	4
OctoberOct	58°	42°	5.65 in	10	4.2	56°	4.8 ft	1
NovemberNov	48°	34°	6.03 in	10	2.6	49°	5.4 ft	–
DecemberDec	38°	25°	6.40 in	11	2.0	42°	5.6 ft	–

Month	Water	Waves	Cyclones
Jan	37°	5.8 ft	–
Feb	34°	5.8 ft	–
Mar	33°	5.4 ft	–
Apr	36°	5.1 ft	–
May	41°	3.9 ft	–
Jun	49°	3.6 ft	–
Jul	57°	3.4 ft	–
Aug	62°	3.4 ft	1
Sep	61°	4.1 ft	4
Oct	56°	4.8 ft	1
Nov	49°	5.4 ft	–
Dec	42°	5.6 ft	–

Days: rainy days in the month. Sun: hours a day.

A normal year brings 58.03 in of rain on about 111 days and about 1,850 hours of sunshine.

Cyclones: how many tropical cyclones (tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons) passed within 93 mi in each month from 1996 to 2025, according to IBTrACS (NOAA).

1991–2020 averages. Highs, lows and rainfall: TerraClimate; rainy days (0.04 in or more): NASA POWER (MERRA-2); sunshine hours: estimated from solar radiation; water: NOAA OISST; waves (average height): ERA5, 2011–2020. Normals are not a forecast: any given year can turn out very different. Sources and licenses

Temperature

Now43 °Ffeels like 37 °F

Tomorrow36 / 58 °F

It's 43 °F now (feels like 37 °F). Today, 33 °F to 48 °F; tomorrow, 36 °F to 58 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 0%
Thu 29 0%
Fri 30 64% 0.06 in
Sat 31 6%
Sun 1 0%
Mon 2 0%
Tue 3 8%

Today the chance of rain reaches 0%. The next day with likely rain is Friday 30: 64% and 0.06 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.00 in; last 3 days, 0.00 in; last 7 days, 0.77 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity57%

Dew point29 °F

Humidity is 57% now and the dew point is 29 °F.

The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated: the higher it is, the heavier the air feels.

Visibility and fog

Now15 migood

Clouds84%

Visibility is good now (15 mi). No fog expected today.

The model gives visibility up to about 15 mi: beyond that, the horizon is clear.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak3low

Thu 29: 3 · Fri 30: 1 · Sat 31: 2

Index	Level	What to do
0–2	low	No special protection needed.
3–5	moderate	Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.
6–7	high	Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.
8–10	very high	Avoid the midday sun; reflection off the water adds to it.
11+	extreme	Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Reflection off water and sand adds radiation: protect yourself more on a boat or at the beach.

Barometric pressure

↗ Rising Anglers say fish bite less for a while
→ Steady Anglers expect normal activity
↘ Falling · now Anglers say fish feed more before the change

29.8030.0030.2030.40 29.78

Falling now (−0.04 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: −0.54 inHg. Falling pressure: anglers say fish feed more before the change. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityFair · 23

Saharan dustNo

Previous days

The weather over the last 30 days, as the models analyzed it. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 27	Overcast	36 / 54 °F	0	13 mph NW
Mon 26	Overcast	42 / 62 °F	0	9 mph WSW
Sun 25	Clear sky	38 / 66 °F	0	8 mph WNW
Sat 24	Overcast	39 / 51 °F	0	12 mph NNW
Fri 23	Light drizzle	40 / 48 °F	0.12 in	21 mph N
Thu 22	Rain	46 / 50 °F	0.65 in	16 mph NNE
Wed 21	Overcast	40 / 59 °F	0	10 mph NE

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 20	Overcast	41 / 59 °F	0	11 mph N
Mon 19	Overcast	35 / 53 °F	0	9 mph SSE
Sun 18	Clear sky	34 / 49 °F	0	11 mph NW
Sat 17	Light rain	41 / 60 °F	0.09 in	13 mph WNW
Fri 16	Light rain	38 / 57 °F	0.35 in	14 mph SSW
Thu 15	Overcast	44 / 54 °F	0	21 mph NW
Wed 14	Light rain	46 / 60 °F	0.77 in	19 mph SE
Tue 13	Drizzle	42 / 51 °F	0.05 in	13 mph NE
Mon 12	Drizzle	47 / 59 °F	0.13 in	14 mph WNW
Sun 11	Overcast	41 / 55 °F	0	11 mph W
Sat 10	Light drizzle	46 / 55 °F	0.00 in	18 mph WNW
Fri 9	Light drizzle	49 / 64 °F	0.07 in	12 mph W
Thu 8	Light drizzle	48 / 67 °F	0.04 in	15 mph SSW
Wed 7	Overcast	46 / 62 °F	0	11 mph W
Tue 6	Light drizzle	48 / 59 °F	0.00 in	18 mph W
Mon 5	Heavy drizzle	54 / 63 °F	0.24 in	12 mph SE
Sun 4	Overcast	45 / 61 °F	0	10 mph ESE
Sat 3	Heavy drizzle	51 / 67 °F	0.13 in	10 mph NW
Fri 2	Light drizzle	58 / 76 °F	0.02 in	11 mph SW
Thu 1	Overcast	58 / 67 °F	0	8 mph WSW
Wed 30	Overcast	59 / 66 °F	0	7 mph N
Tue 29	Drizzle	58 / 68 °F	0.13 in	11 mph ESE
Mon 28	Light rain	55 / 58 °F	0.64 in	16 mph E

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the weather in HalifaxQuestions

What's the weather like today in Halifax?

Overcast, from 33 °F to 48 °F, with a light breeze from the west (5 mph) and a 0% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Halifax?

On Thursday 29 the chance of rain is 0% (0.00 in): clear sky.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 33 °F and a high of 58 °F; the warmest day, Thursday 29.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 3 (low). No special protection needed.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.32 inHg and falling: +0.13 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Halifax?

The best time to visit Halifax is from July to August: highs of 75 °F, about 8 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Halifax in October?

In October, Halifax normally sees highs of 58 °F and lows of 42 °F, with about 10 rainy days (5.65 in for the month) and 4 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 56 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Halifax?

The warmest is August, with average highs of 75 °F, and the coldest January, with lows of 17 °F. The wettest is December (6.40 in) and the driest, August.

When is hurricane season in Halifax?

Hurricane season: from August to October, peaking in September. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 6 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Halifax, about 2 every 10 years; 5 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Earl, in September 2010.

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Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS); ECMWF grid point 8.3 mi away. The comparison also uses ICON (DWD), AIFS (ECMWF) and ARPEGE (Météo-France). Outlook: ECMWF 46-day and SEAS5. Chance of rain from ensemble models (ECMWF, GEFS and NBM). UV, air quality and pollen: CAMS (Copernicus).

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 5:51 pm (local time).

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