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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 · Gulf of St. Lawrence

45.8668, -63.6654 · Oxford, 22 km

  • 19°Sea · August
  • 22°High · August
  • 7.7 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Crescent Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Crescent Beach in October

  • 13°CAir, daytime high8°C at night
  • 13°CSea temperature
  • 3.9 hSunshine a day
  • 13 daysRainy days in the month104 mm in total
  • 16 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 0Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 63 kmAirport: Charlottetown Airport (YYG)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 14.6 °C — 1.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 12.9 °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 September19 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August8 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and March68 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan-1°2 h68 mm
  2. Feb-1°2 h70 mm
  3. Mar-1°4 h68 mm
  4. Apr1°6 h77 mm
  5. May4°7 h78 mm
  6. Jun11°7 h93 mm
  7. Jul17°8 h75 mm
  8. Aug19°7 h84 mm
  9. Sep17°6 h90 mm
  10. Oct13°4 h104 mm
  11. Nov7°2 h94 mm
  12. Dec2°1 h96 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°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -1°Feb: -1°Mar: -1°Apr: 1°May: 4°Jun: 11°Jul: 17°Aug: 19°Sep: 17°Oct: 13°Nov: 7°Dec: 2°-1°19°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
-10°0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -6 °C (High -3° / Low -9°)Feb: -6 °C (High -3° / Low -9°)Mar: -2 °C (High 1° / Low -6°)Apr: 3 °C (High 6° / Low 0°)May: 8 °C (High 12° / Low 5°)Jun: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 11°)Jul: 19 °C (High 22° / Low 16°)Aug: 19 °C (High 22° / Low 16°)Sep: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 13°)Oct: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 8°)Nov: 4 °C (High 6° / Low 1°)Dec: -2 °C (High 1° / Low -4°)19°-6°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 68 mmFeb: 70 mmMar: 68 mm68Apr: 77 mmMay: 78 mmJun: 93 mmJul: 75 mmAug: 84 mmSep: 90 mmOct: 104 mm104Nov: 94 mmDec: 96 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.5 hFeb: 2.5 hMar: 4.4 hApr: 5.9 hMay: 6.6 hJun: 7.0 hJul: 7.7 h7.7Aug: 7.4 hSep: 6.1 hOct: 3.9 hNov: 1.8 hDec: 1.0 h1.0

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
January-3-9-168111.517
February-3-9-170102.516
March1-6-168114.416
April60177125.914
May125478136.612
June17111193147.012
July22161775137.712
Augustwarmest sea22161984127.412
September19131790126.114
October13813104133.916
November61794121.816
December1-4296131.017

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

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 POWER16 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20203 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.116 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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