Pictou Weather Records (CA008204420)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Pictou (CA008204420), Nova Scotia, Canada, with 37 years of record.

Key Facts for Pictou

Pictou (CA008204420) is a weather station in Nova Scotia, Canada at 45.70 latitude and -62.68 longitude, 24 m (79 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1870 to 1906, 37 years of record.
1,464 records set at Pictou still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp, snow: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Pictou set a daily record precipitation of 11.4 mm (0.4 in) on 12 April 1906.

About the Station

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada, 45.70 latitude, -62.68 longitude.
Elevation: 24 m (79 ft).
Period of record: 1870 to 1906, 37 years.
Eligible elements: prcp, snow.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Pictou. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Pictou, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	16.1 C (61.0 F)	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	14.4 C (57.9 F)	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	15.6 C (60.1 F)	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	25.6 C (78.1 F)	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	n/a	n/a
May	32.2 C (90.0 F)	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	33.9 C (93.0 F)	3.3 C (37.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	32.2 C (90.0 F)	5.6 C (42.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	32.2 C (90.0 F)	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	26.7 C (80.1 F)	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	20.6 C (69.1 F)	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	16.7 C (62.1 F)	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Pictou still stand. 1886 holds the most, with 81.

Standing records at Pictou by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1870	39
1871	68
1872	43
1873	45
1881	45
1882	60
1883	50
1884	67
1885	54
1886	81
1887	64
1888	52
1889	61
1890	66
1891	47
1892	46
1893	37
1894	59
1895	44
1896	35
1897	62
1898	38
1899	30
1900	44
1901	38
1902	39
1903	43
1904	58
1905	35
1906	14

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jul: 90.2 mm (3.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Pictou. The most was 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 24 July 1884.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Pictou
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	1 January 1895
Feb	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	11 February 1888
Mar	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 March 1884
Apr	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 April 1887
May	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	9 May 1886
Jun	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 June 1889
Jul	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	24 July 1884
Aug	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	20 August 1900
Sep	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	7 September 1891
Oct	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	7 October 1899
Nov	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 November 1903
Dec	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 December 1894

Period of Record Coverage

1870 to 1906

30 years of record at Pictou, 1870 to 1906. 4 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1870, 1873, 1905, 1906.

Days with data per year at Pictou
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1870	231	63%	No
1871	362	99%	Yes
1872	366	100%	Yes
1873	243	67%	No
1881	335	92%	Yes
1882	365	100%	Yes
1883	363	99%	Yes
1884	366	100%	Yes
1885	365	100%	Yes
1886	363	99%	Yes
1887	365	100%	Yes
1888	365	100%	Yes
1889	365	100%	Yes
1890	364	100%	Yes
1891	365	100%	Yes
1892	363	99%	Yes
1893	363	99%	Yes
1894	332	91%	Yes
1895	364	100%	Yes
1896	365	100%	Yes
1897	365	100%	Yes
1898	365	100%	Yes
1899	334	92%	Yes
1900	362	99%	Yes
1901	334	92%	Yes
1902	349	96%	Yes
1903	362	99%	Yes
1904	360	98%	Yes
1905	325	89%	No
1906	89	24%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Pictou
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1906	Pictou, CA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	34 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1906	Pictou, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	8 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
10 February 1906	Pictou, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1906	Pictou, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 1906	Pictou, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1906	Pictou, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1906	Pictou, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	9 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1905	Pictou, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1905	Pictou, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1905	Pictou, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1905	Pictou, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1905	Pictou, CA	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1905	Pictou, CA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1905	Pictou, CA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1905	Pictou, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	24 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1905	Pictou, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1905	Pictou, CA	daily snowfall (Tie)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	tie	34 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1905	Pictou, CA	daily snowfall (Tie)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	tie	4 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1905	Pictou, CA	daily rain (Tie)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	tie	4 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1905	Pictou, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	24 years	13 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

21 complete years, 1871 to 1904

One stripe for each of 21 complete years at Pictou, 1871 to 1904. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 6.0 C (42.9 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1904, at 4.3 C (39.7 F), and the warmest was 1886, at 7.8 C (46.0 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.8 C (3.2 F).

Annual mean temperature at Pictou as warming stripes, 1871 to 1904
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1871	5.3 C	-0.74 C
1872	5.1 C	-0.99 C
1882	4.8 C	-1.27 C
1883	5.4 C	-0.63 C
1884	5.4 C	-0.64 C
1885	6.3 C	+0.24 C
1886	7.8 C	+1.74 C
1887	5.9 C	-0.11 C
1888	5.3 C	-0.71 C
1889	7.6 C	+1.50 C
1890	5.5 C	-0.57 C
1891	6.6 C	+0.57 C
1892	6.9 C	+0.86 C
1893	6.1 C	+0.03 C
1895	7.2 C	+1.16 C
1896	6.5 C	+0.41 C
1897	6.3 C	+0.25 C
1898	6.9 C	+0.89 C
1900	6.8 C	+0.71 C
1903	5.1 C	-0.92 C
1904	4.3 C	-1.79 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1870 to 1906

Yearly extremes at Pictou: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1894	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30
Coldest night (TNn)	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	1883	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	30
Wettest day (Rx1day)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	1884	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	1900	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33
Longest dry spell (CDD)	34 days	1878	14 days	33

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Pictou, 1870 to 1906. The record is 33.9 C (93.0 F) in 1894, marked on the chart; the median year is 31.1 C (88.0 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Pictou by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1870	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1871	27.8 C (82.0 F)
1872	29.4 C (84.9 F)
1873	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1878	n/a
1879	n/a
1880	n/a
1881	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1882	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1883	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1884	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1885	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1886	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1887	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1888	28.9 C (84.0 F)
1889	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1890	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1891	29.4 C (84.9 F)
1892	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1893	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1894	33.9 C (93.0 F)
1895	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1896	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1897	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1898	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1899	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1900	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1901	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1902	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1903	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1904	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1905	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1906	13.3 C (55.9 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Pictou, 1870 to 1906. The record is -29.4 C (-20.9 F) in 1883, marked on the chart; the median year is -25.6 C (-14.1 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Pictou by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1870	-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1871	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1872	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1873	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1878	n/a
1879	n/a
1880	n/a
1881	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1882	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1883	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1884	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1885	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1886	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1887	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1888	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1889	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1890	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1891	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1892	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1893	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1894	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1895	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1896	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1897	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1898	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1899	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1900	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1901	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1902	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1903	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1904	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1905	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1906	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Pictou, 1870 to 1906. The record is 90.2 mm (3.6 in) in 1884, marked on the chart; the median year is 50.8 mm (2.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Pictou by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1870	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1871	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1872	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1873	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1878	65.8 mm (2.6 in)
1879	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1880	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1881	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1882	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1883	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1884	90.2 mm (3.6 in)
1885	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1886	68.8 mm (2.7 in)
1887	62.7 mm (2.5 in)
1888	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1889	57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1890	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1891	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1892	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1893	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1894	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1895	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1896	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1897	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1898	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1899	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1900	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1901	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1902	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1903	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1904	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1905	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1906	50.8 mm (2.0 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Pictou, 1870 to 1906. The record is 127.8 mm (5.0 in) in 1900, marked on the chart; the median year is 77.5 mm (3.1 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Pictou by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1870	79.3 mm (3.1 in)
1871	80.2 mm (3.2 in)
1872	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1873	118.8 mm (4.7 in)
1878	96.8 mm (3.8 in)
1879	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1880	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1881	87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1882	80.8 mm (3.2 in)
1883	57.3 mm (2.3 in)
1884	103.7 mm (4.1 in)
1885	71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1886	68.8 mm (2.7 in)
1887	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1888	97.8 mm (3.9 in)
1889	77.8 mm (3.1 in)
1890	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1891	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1892	71.2 mm (2.8 in)
1893	75.8 mm (3.0 in)
1894	80.3 mm (3.2 in)
1895	126.0 mm (5.0 in)
1896	46.4 mm (1.8 in)
1897	53.4 mm (2.1 in)
1898	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1899	111.3 mm (4.4 in)
1900	127.8 mm (5.0 in)
1901	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1902	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1903	84.3 mm (3.3 in)
1904	64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1905	54.8 mm (2.2 in)
1906	63.5 mm (2.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Pictou, 1870 to 1906. The record is 34 days in 1878, marked on the chart; the median year is 14 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Pictou by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1870	13 days
1871	14 days
1872	9 days
1873	16 days
1878	34 days
1879	13 days
1880	13 days
1881	18 days
1882	13 days
1883	12 days
1884	16 days
1885	20 days
1886	23 days
1887	16 days
1888	15 days
1889	27 days
1890	14 days
1891	14 days
1892	18 days
1893	14 days
1894	16 days
1895	13 days
1896	14 days
1897	16 days
1898	11 days
1899	14 days
1900	20 days
1901	21 days
1902	13 days
1903	13 days
1904	17 days
1905	18 days
1906	10 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Frost Dates and Growing Season

21 years with a frost

Across 21 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Pictou falls on 14 May and the median first autumn frost on 16 October, which leaves a median of 152 days between them.

Frost dates and growing season at Pictou
Measure	Median, all years	Earliest period	Recent period (1871 to 1904)	Recent against earliest	Fitted trend
Last spring frost	14 May	n/a	14 May	n/a	n/a
First autumn frost	16 October	n/a	16 October	n/a	n/a
Growing days	152 days	n/a	152 days	n/a	n/a

A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).