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West Lunenburg County.

Get to know the seasonal picture around your postal area, then explore the crops you want to grow.

West Lunenburg County, NS B0R

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Garden tomatoes
Postal areaB0R
RegionNova Scotia
Climate reference2001–2020

Your seasonal context

Understand the place before the date.

The B0R area uses a representative location near 44.600°, -64.744°. In the nearby historical climate grid, July is the warmest month on average (18.8°C), while January is the coolest (-5.2°C). December has the highest mean daily precipitation (4.28 mm).

Monthly mean temperatures are below freezing in January, February, March, December. Outdoor planting during those months needs a separate protected-growing assessment. Use these seasonal differences to frame your questions for a local gardening adviser.

Light at your latitude

At 44.600° N, the length of the day changes independently of temperature. Compare the middle of three seasons when planning your garden.

March 1511.6 hours
June 1515.4 hours
December 158.6 hours

Geometric daylight estimate from latitude and solar declination, rounded to 0.1 hour. This is time above a flat horizon, excluding atmospheric refraction, hills, buildings and cloud cover. It is not the direct-sun exposure of your bed. About solar-position calculations.

Historical monthly climate near B0R · 2001–2020
MonthMean air temperatureMean precipitation / day
January-5.2°C (23°F)3.12 mm
February-4.6°C (24°F)3.30 mm
March-1.1°C (30°F)2.96 mm
April4.5°C (40°F)3.09 mm
May10.1°C (50°F)3.04 mm
June14.9°C (59°F)3.19 mm
July18.8°C (66°F)2.53 mm
August18.4°C (65°F)2.69 mm
September14.8°C (59°F)2.81 mm
October9.3°C (49°F)3.80 mm
November3.8°C (39°F)3.98 mm
December-1.4°C (29°F)4.28 mm

NASA POWER regional grid, 0.5° latitude × 0.625° longitude. Grid center 44.500°, -65.000°. Monthly mean air temperature is neither a nightly low nor soil temperature. Rainfall averages do not set a watering schedule. Open the climate source.

Compare nearby places

Six nearby postal areas

Explore the closest listed postal areas by straight-line distance between their representative coordinates. A nearby garden may still have different soil, shelter or elevation.

Nearby areas · historical January and July mean air temperature
Postal areaDistanceJanJul
West Lunenburg County (New Germany)B0R · this area—-5.2°C18.8°C
BridgewaterNS B4V30.2 km-3.9°C18.2°C
West Annapolis County (Middleton)NS B0S45.0 km-5.2°C18.8°C
Kings County (Kingston)NS B0P48.6 km-5.6°C18.5°C
ColdbrookNS B4R53.4 km-5.6°C18.5°C
KentvilleNS B4N57.1 km-5.6°C18.5°C
WolfvilleNS B4P61.5 km-5.6°C18.5°C

Distances use GeoNames representative postal coordinates, which may be estimated; they are not driving distances. Nearby areas often share one NASA POWER grid cell, so identical climate values are expected. Differences shown here describe the climate grids, not a measured difference between individual gardens.

What this postal area includes

West Lunenburg County (New Germany).

A Canadian forward sortation area is the first three characters of a postal code. It can cover several communities, especially outside cities. The representative coordinates may be estimated. Nearby gardens can differ in elevation, shelter, slope and soil.

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