Winter Storm Atticus Event Summary

Weather summary

for New Brunswick

issued by Environment Canada

at 4:40 p.m. AST Sunday 12 December 2021.

Discussion.

A frontal disturbance brought freezing rain to central and northern 

portions of the province Saturday. Milder temperatures were reported 

over southernmost areas, and strong winds over eastern regions. 

The following is a summary of weather event information received by 

Environment and Climate Change Canada as of 3:00 PM Sunday December 

12: 

1. Summary of period of freezing rain (AST): 

Fredericton: 12 PM to 4 PM 

Woodstock: 12 PM to 3 PM 

Doaktown: 2 PM to 9 PM 

Miramichi: 3 PM to 6 PM 

Bathurst: 7 PM to 9 PM 

Charlo: 3 PM to 10 PM 

Edmundston: 12 PM to 6 PM 

2. Summary of rainfall (mm): 

Fundy Park: 29.8 

Harvey: 25.4 

3. Summary of Wind Gust (km/h): 

Moncton: 98 

Miscou Island: 89 

Bas Caraquet: 83 

4. Summary of daily maximum temperature record on December 11, 2021: 

Woodstock Area (Woodstock Newbridge) 

New record of 12.9 

Old record of 11.0 set in 1993 

Records in this area have been kept since 1886 

Note: The temperature record reported here has been derived from a 

selection of historical stations in this geographic area that were 

active during the period of record.

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial 

information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

End/ASPC

Weather summary

for Nova Scotia

issued by Environment Canada

at 10:39 a.m. AST Sunday 12 December 2021.

Discussion.

A disturbance brought waves of heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong 

winds to Nova Scotia late Saturday. A cluster of thunderstorms 

travelled from the Gulf of Maine to western Nova Scotia early in the 

evening, reaching Halifax in the middle of the evening and then 

Eastern Shore. It produced hourly rainfall rates of 20 mm per hour. 

The combination of very mild temperatures, rainfall and strong winds 

quickly melted all of the significant snowfall received earlier in 

the week. 

The following is a summary of weather event information received by 

Environment and Climate Change Canada as of 9:00 AM Sunday December 

12: 

1. Summary of total rainfall in millimetres: 

Halifax Kootenay 87.2 

Halifax Windsor Park 74.6 

Framboise 65.2 

Dartmouth 64.3 

Halifax North End 64.0 

Osborne Head 61.4 

Shearwater Jetty 61.2 

Malay Falls 57.5 

Liverpool 56.1 

Sampsonville 55.1 

West Chezzetcook 54.4 

Spanish Ship Bay 54.2 

Sheet Harbour 54.1 

Bridgewater 53.8 

West Porters Lake 51.3 

Shearwater Rcs 50.0 

Lunenburg 49.5 

Bedford Range 48.8 

Kejimkujik 1 48.6 

Guysborough 47.8 

Duncans Cover 47.0 

Eskasoni First Nation 46.4 

Bedford 44.2 

Western Head 43.4 

Upper LaHave 42.9 

Sluice Point 42.8 

Evanston 42.8 

Hammonds Plains 42.4 

Glen Haven 42.2 

Hubbards 41.7 

Louisbourg 41.7 

Yarmouth 41.0 

Shelburne Sandy Point 38 

Barss Corner 37.3 

West Pubnico 35.6 

Ingonish Beach 34.6 

Eskasoni First Nation 33.9 

Parrsboro 33.8 

Port Hawkesbury 30.2 

Aldersville 30 

Aylesford 29.6 

Meteghan River 29.5 

Moschelle 29.4 

Port Maitland 29.2 

St. Anns 29.2 

Centreleas 28.2 

Collegeville Auto 27.8 

Antigonish 26.4 

Trafalgar 26.2 

2. Summary of maximum wind gusts in km/h: 

Skyline 113 

Grand Etang 100 

Osborne Head 96 

Halifax Kootenay 89 

Beaver Island 89 

Yarmouth 83 

3. The following area set a daily maximum temperature record on 

December 11, 2021: 

Brier Island Area (Brier Island) 

New record of 13.5 

Old record of 13.3 set in 1969 

Records in this area have been kept since 1937 

Note: The temperature record reported here has been derived from a 

selection of historical stations in this geographic area that were 

active during the period of record.

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial 

information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

End/ASPC