It is, but this has been my experience since living here so far along with the seven years I've spent holidaying here. Even when it does rain in the summer it's usually a welcomed cooling off event & it's quickly over with & back to blue skies & sunshine. Just looking at rainfall stats doesn't give you the full picture, it's a completely different experience.

I spent most of my summers over the last 20+ years on the UK south coast (not far from Eastbourne) where my family have a place on the beach, 80% of the time the weather is a huge disappointment, it's lovely when it's warm & sunny but those days definitely feel few & far between compared to the overcast drizzly ones.

Don't know about that, those clouds over plymouth look pretty ominous it may rain, then again it is January when it's supposed to rain.

Riiight... https://www.worldweatheronline.com/h...scotia/ca.aspx

I'm totally with you that a nicer place/environment can make the weather feel far better and that's always been my point. It could be the garden that gets the sun, fewer buildings and so on but that NS is wetter than other parts of Canada/UK is fact and known, be it rainfall or rainy days.

Now compare with London

https://www.worldweatheronline.com/l...london/gb.aspx

and Plymouth

https://www.worldweatheronline.com/p.../devon/gb.aspx

Plymouth now Halifax now on right

My point was that the wettest month in Halifax is July (not January).

Southern England: climate - Met Office

London:
According to the Met Office Climate data, over the 30 year period, there were 106.5 days of rainfall per year on average (which counts as a day in which 1mm of rainfall or over fell).This means that there was rainfall on 29 per cent of days per year and on average it didn't rain 71 per cent of days per year.


Here official Canadian weather (Citadel in Halifax)
Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 Station Data - Climate - Environment Canada

really?
The OP was asking for info to see if they wanted to move here as they want to enjoy summers without rain ruining it for them. Living here, I have tried to let them know weather as I live it. I dont see thats Trumpist or medieval, I am rather saddened that you would see my opinion as that way.

Oh ok, I thought you were trying to prove moses point about the NS being wetter than the UK. Yes it does say that but still someone getting excited because it is currently raining in January is not a very strong argument.

Moses I'am not sure how accurate the site Novo found is but it clearly states that in the summer months (which is the key time we are talking about) Halifax has considerably fewer rain days than either London or Plymouth. Look at the links you provided, it may be that NS has higher precipitation in the summer months but that doesn't mean more rainy days, I would much rather have 100mm precipitation over 5 days than 50mm over 15 days, see the difference?

Please look at the official pages that I posted above. Halifax has 142 rainy days and London 107. That's 35 more rainy days in Halifax. Of course micro climates and different locations of the cities vary.

re-read my post, I edited it

The claim seems to be that one has to live in a place to know what the weather's like. It's not the case. It may be that the same weather is less troublesome in a nice place than a horrible one but that depends on the individual. Whether it's raining or not is a matter of public record.

As it happens, I've been following the weather in NS closely for a year or more. It doesn't seem much different than here. I don't think it's rainy here but if the rainfall statistics say it is, then it is.

I've no idea why the stats claim that there's more rain in NS but I can tell you that having lived in NS for 3 years there are a lot more blue skies than in England.
Maybe in NS it rains for an hour then turns in to a beautiful day or maybe it only rains at night. But the fact of the matter is that the sun shines a lot more than in SE England and there's no need to pack a brolly when going on a picnic!
So Moses if you would like to move over to NS for a year and experience it for yourself you will then understand what we're saying!