Tumbling_Dice

Today is a cracking day... lovely blue skies and, according to the car, 10 degrees. 10 flippin' degrees.

dbd33

Fahrenheit?

Tumbling_Dice

No, celsius. Gonna get out for a jog, methinks, as it will probably be minus 10 tomorrow.

Howefamily

It's going to be the same tomorrow and Thursday. I have a horse so am an obsessive weather checker 😊

woodworm

Having lived on the South Shore for 14 years, I can say, it's a mixed bag, there are good and bad winters, but if I can generalize for myself, I find the winters here too long for my liking.
I have decided to move away from here because of it. Physically my body is telling me that it can't handle the cold and my arthritis is getting really worse every year, so I am out of here..

scrubbedexpat133

Its easy to say NS and mean Halifax area. If you compare Yarmouth to Sydney there is a very different experience particularly in winter and Spring.

dbd33

In the boot of the car I have two winter blankets and two mid-weight blankets. All of them muddy and smelly. It's not worth lifting them out because I don't know if they're going to the cleaners or back on the horses; at this time of year it's hard to tell.

The whole car is becoming aromatic.

Tumbling_Dice

I have a bone to pick with you... you promised me sun and a bit of warmth today. It is mild enough but raining. In fact, funnily enough, it is doing that mizzling thing I waffled about earlier. Report card: must do better.

Howefamily

Oh I know. I feel let down too. I have deleted the accuweather app. Replacing it with the weather network. It's so overcast I just can't deal with it 😔

Howefamily

I have similar various stinky coats for me in the boot of my car 😕

AdamPiercy

I am from the north of England which has the grey depressing days you talk about. I can assure you that NS is not like the north of England, certainly where I live anyway. Like HoweFamily says, Drizzle is not in my NS experience. We moved out here at the beginning of this year from Essex so have experienced the winter here and whilst it is cold the sky is blue more often than not. I visited in the summer last year and it was beautifully hot.

Like anything, it is what you are looking for and what you are comparing against. Personally, after two months of nor'easters and winter storms I love it here, so roll on the summer.

izzi81

I'm from Scotland, I now live in Nova Scotia. The climate here is *hugely* different from the climate back in Scotland. They did not name the Province Nova Scotia because they thought it was the same as Scotland....

I love the weather here. There are seasons! Back in Scotland the weather was mainly grey. Grey summer, grey winter, grey in between. Drizzle every other day. Never that cold, rarely that hot.

We live in the Valley in Nova Scotia where the weather is a little different than on the South Shore, but generally speaking the summers are blissful. Hot, blue skies, sunshine, the only downside is the humidity and that varies year to year. There is a lot of grape production for wine here - that should give you an idea of temperatures. The autumn is beautiful; crisp mornings and warm blue sky days. Winter is unlike anything I experienced in Scotland; properly cold (not going into positive digits for weeks is normal) and large quantities of snow. But Canadians are used to it so nothing grinds to a halt like in the UK, and with the blue sky it's all so pretty! (and even though we've been here 5 years now I still laugh out loud when I sink up to my knees in snow as I try to walk to the car. My husband not so much! ).

I think the OP will love the weather here

Howefamily

This is my experience too, in central NS. Great weather, except in the two weeks of Spring

indiansummer

Dear Izzi81 - 'Back in Scotland the weather was mainly grey. Grey summer, grey winter, grey in between. Drizzle every other day. Never that cold, rarely that hot.' Yes!! Thank you. You know what I mean about that grey grey grey heavy sky ... all.of.the.time!!

I think the weather in NS sounds lovely - I love seasons (with Spring being my least favourite and Autumn my most favourite) so this could just work out. Mid 20s in the summer is perfect as we love hiking etc - much hotter and it would be unpleasant.

Am very reassured by the fact that those of you who live there and know what UK - and esp Scottish and North of England climate is like - say that it is better and brighter and bluer :-)

izzi81

In that case I should warn you, it can definitely be higher than mid-20s. I'm not 100% sure about the South Shore area, but certainly here in the Valley we have quite a few summer days that are in the low 30s, with humidity on top of that. We arrived in Nova Scotia on May 24th and on May 29th it was 38c lol! Thankfully that proved to be unusual but it was a bit of a shock to the system! If you love Autumn I think you'll love it here, that's my favourite season too and I just *love* the autumns here