Saturday, August 05, 2023

A Second Surprise Flood Event In Nova Scotia



Weather summary
for Nova Scotia
issued by Environment Canada
at 8:59 a.m. ADT Sunday 6 August 2023.

Discussion.

Overnight Friday an intense band of rain and thundershowers 
developed over the southwest shore of Nova Scotia. This band moved 
over central and eastern Nova Scotia early Saturday morning. The 
rain moved into Cape Breton later in the day Saturday. Rainfall 
rates in excess of 30 mm per hour were observed which lead to 
flooding in some low lying areas. While the areas of heaviest 
rainfall were widely varied rainfall amounts close to 150 mm have 
been reported. 

The following is a preliminary summary of rainfall totals as of 8:00 
AM ADT, Sunday August 6, 2023. 

Rainfall in millimetres: 

*Lower Onslow: 144 
*Belmont: 136 
*Kavanaugh Mills: 133 
Halifax Kootenay: 131 
*Hardwood Lands: 129 
Baccaro Point: 127 
Western Head: 38 
*Staples Brook: 126 
Shearwater: 120 
*Duncans Cove: 119 
*Wellington: 119 
Halifax Windsor Park: 112 
Bedford Range: 104 
Osborne Head: 101 
Shubenacadie: 99 
*Keble: 99 
*Fall River area: 96 
*Prospect Bay: 92 
*Hatchet Lake: 88 
Malay Falls: 20 
Debert: 74 
*Camden: 69 
*Earltown: 68 
Halifax International Airport: 61 
Upper Stewiacke: 55 
*Wallace: 42 
Caribou Point: 50 
Collegeville: 34 
Tracadie: 16 
Port Hawkesbury: 27 
*St. Peters: 91 
*Framboise: 87 
*Port Morien: 17 
*Gabarus: 34 
*Glace Bay: 14 
*Sydney Mines: 24 
Sydney: 7 

Stations with (*) denote privately owned weather stations.

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial 
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

End/ASPC

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