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