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Sydney Southwest.

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Sydney Southwest, NS B1L

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Garden tomatoes
Postal areaB1L
RegionNova Scotia
Climate reference2001–2020

Your seasonal context

Understand the place before the date.

The B1L area uses a representative location near 46.063°, -60.205°. In the nearby historical climate grid, August is the warmest month on average (19.2°C), while February is the coolest (-4.4°C). December has the highest mean daily precipitation (4.40 mm).

Monthly mean temperatures are below freezing in January, February, March. 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 46.063° 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 1515.5 hours
December 158.5 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 B1L · 2001–2020
MonthMean air temperatureMean precipitation / day
January-3.6°C (26°F)3.51 mm
February-4.4°C (24°F)3.43 mm
March-2.0°C (28°F)2.82 mm
April2.1°C (36°F)3.31 mm
May6.8°C (44°F)2.81 mm
June12.0°C (54°F)3.54 mm
July17.7°C (64°F)2.50 mm
August19.2°C (67°F)2.92 mm
September15.9°C (61°F)3.20 mm
October10.4°C (51°F)3.88 mm
November5.1°C (41°F)3.92 mm
December0.3°C (32°F)4.40 mm

NASA POWER regional grid, 0.5° latitude × 0.625° longitude. Grid center 46.000°, -60.000°. 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
Sydney SouthwestB1L · this area—-3.6°C17.7°C
Sydney CentralNS B1S5.4 km-3.6°C17.7°C
Sydney North CentralNS B1P8.3 km-3.6°C17.7°C
Sydney WestNS B1R9.9 km-3.6°C17.7°C
Marion BridgeNS B1K10.9 km-3.6°C17.7°C
Sydney EastNS B1M12.6 km-3.6°C17.7°C
North Sydney South CentralNS B2A14.6 km-4.6°C18.2°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

Sydney Southwest.

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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