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Satellite view of Crescent 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

Crescent Beach

CanadaNova Scotia · Canada · Atlantic Ocean

44.2341, -64.4016 · Lunenburg, 17 km

  • 16°Sea · August
  • 20°High · August
  • 7.5 hSunshine · August
The dot marks Crescent Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Crescent Beach in October

  • 14°CAir, daytime high10°C at night
  • 13°CSea temperature
  • 4.7 hSunshine a day
  • 11 daysRainy days in the month134 mm in total
  • 20 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 4Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 101 kmAirport: Halifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 15.8 °C — 2.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +2.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.9 °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 September16 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJuly and August8 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and September78 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan3°3 h106 mm
  2. Feb2°4 h106 mm
  3. Mar1°5 h109 mm
  4. Apr3°6 h102 mm
  5. May6°6 h103 mm
  6. Jun10°7 h99 mm
  7. Jul14°7 h82 mm
  8. Aug16°8 h87 mm
  9. Sep16°7 h78 mm
  10. Oct13°5 h134 mm
  11. Nov10°3 h120 mm
  12. Dec6°2 h144 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
0°10°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3°Feb: 2°Mar: 1°Apr: 3°May: 6°Jun: 10°Jul: 14°Aug: 16°Sep: 16°Oct: 13°Nov: 10°Dec: 6°1°16°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 106 mmFeb: 106 mmMar: 109 mmApr: 102 mmMay: 103 mmJun: 99 mmJul: 82 mmAug: 87 mmSep: 78 mm78Oct: 134 mmNov: 120 mmDec: 144 mm144

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2.9 hFeb: 4.2 hMar: 5.4 hApr: 5.9 hMay: 6.3 hJun: 6.9 hJul: 7.4 hAug: 7.5 h7.5Sep: 6.7 hOct: 4.7 hNov: 2.9 hDec: 2.1 h2.1

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Crescent Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1-43106122.922
February1-42106114.222
March3-21109115.421
April623102125.918
May1066103126.315
June15111099106.914
July19151482117.414
Augustwarmest sea20161687107.514
September18141678106.716
October141013134114.720
November9510120122.921
December506144132.123

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Crescent Beach: Crescent Beach, Nova Scotia
Photo: Madereugeneandrew · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Crescent Beach: Kanada 2017 (27995296727)
Photo: simpf · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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 POWER26 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.126 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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