Has it rained enough in Halifax?
Rain soaked in yesterday, and the ground is still holding it.
Halifax has had 137.4mm of rain in the last 30 days. A normal August here brings 99.2mm, so the ground is roughly where it should be for the time of year.
Rain reaching the roots · 14 days
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Rain in Halifax through a normal year
Across a normal year Halifax gets about 1356.1mm of rain, most of it in December (144.2mm) and least in May (81.3mm).
That makes Halifax one of the wetter places this site covers in Canada in August — 3rd of 11, against Quebec City at the wet end (117.5mm) and Victoria at the dry end (20.4mm).
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Average rainfall by month, 1995–2024
What that means for what you grow
- Pots and hanging basketsWorth checking by hand even so — a pot in the sun can dry out in a wet week, because there is so little soil to hold anything.
- Beds and bordersNothing needed. Watering soil that is already wet does more harm than good.
- New plantingsAnything planted within the last month is the exception; its roots have not spread far enough to find water on their own.
Your own garden, not the town average
This page is worked out for Halifax as a whole. Your garden has its own soil, its own shade and its own planting, and the front page will use your exact location instead.
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