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📡 Halifax Forecast: Friday July 31

Friday, July 31, 2026 at 4:05:33 pm by HFXwx

Today (Jul 31): Mostly cloudy skies this evening. Near 20°C (high dew point, muggy). Rain this evening to tomorrow morning (4mm). Showers favored west of Metro. Broken clouds tonight with lows near 17°C (elevated dew point).

Tomorrow (Aug 1): Expect broken clouds Saturday morning. Near 18°C (elevated dew point). Rain tomorrow morning. Look for mostly cloudy skies Saturday afternoon, near 22°C (elevated dew point). Rain tomorrow afternoon. Anticipate scattered clouds Saturday evening. Near 20°C (elevated dew point).

📅 Today:

2 AM

6 AM

10 AM

2 PM

6 PM

Showers

22°

Winds SE5
Dew point 18° (humid)
Rain: 1.8 mm
(heavier rain inland)

10 PM

Showers

18°

Winds SE5
Feels like 21°
Dew point 17° (humid)
Rain: 1.1 mm

📜 Today’s Almanac:

📈 Normal High24.0°C
Today: -1.7°

📉 Normal Low14.3°C
Today: +4.3°

🏆 Record High34.0°C
WESTPHAL, 1995

🏆 Record Low6.7°C
CHAIN LAKE, 1956

🏆 Record Precip89.20mm
HALIFAX, 1896

🌅 Sunrise05:59 am

🌇 Sunset08:41 pm

🌞 Daylight14h 42m

🌖 Moon PhaseWaning Gibbous

📅 Tomorrow:

2 AM

Broken clouds

17°

Winds WNW10
Feels like 20°
Dew point 17°

6 AM

Cloudy

18°

Winds WNW10—G20
Dew point 17°

10 AM

Broken clouds

22°

Winds WNW10—G20
Dew point 17° (humid)
UV: 4 (Mod)

2 PM

Mostly cloudy

22°

Winds WNW10—G20
Dew point 17°
UV: 4 (Mod)

6 PM

Scattered clouds

22°

Winds WNW10—G20
Dew point 17°

10 PM

Scattered clouds

17°

Winds WNW5
Feels like 20°
Dew point 17°

🗺️ Today and Tomorrow:

HRM TT MOSAIC 1

HRM TT MOSAIC 2

HRM TT MOSAIC 3

🗓️ Outlook:

Above seasonal pattern (+2.2°C anomaly) with moderate confidence for the extended period. Light rain Mon 3, A period of Light rain Tue 4, and Look for Light rain Sat 15.

Model Divergence: Model divergence on short-term rainfall: amounts range from 0.08 to 13.37 mm. Model spread on Tue Aug 4 rainfall: 0.53 to 16.88 mm. Model uncertainty on Thu Aug 6 highs: 22 to 28°C.

Ensembles indicate a cooler trend beyond day 14.

Sun Aug 2

Mostly cloudy

24°/16°

Winds SW15—G25

Mon Aug 3

Light Rain

23°/17°

Winds S20—G30
57% POP
Rain: 3.4 mm

Tue Aug 4

Light Rain

24°/20°

Winds WSW20—G30
57% POP
Rain: 7.4 mm

Wed Aug 5

Light Rain

25°/18°

Winds WSW10—G20
Feels like 28°
Rain: 2.6 mm

Thu Aug 6

Light Rain

24°/18°

Winds SW10—G25
Feels like 28°
Rain: 3.3 mm

Fri Aug 7

Scattered clouds

26°/18°

Winds SW10—G25
Feels like 28°

Sat Aug 8

Showers

26°/19°

Winds SW10—G25
Rain: 1.2 mm

Sun Aug 9

Showers

27°/19°

Winds WSW15
Rain: 1.8 mm

Mon Aug 10

Light Rain

23°/18°

Winds SW15—G30
Rain: 4.0 mm

Tue Aug 11

Showers

25°/17°

Winds W15—G30
Feels like 28°
Rain: 1.5 mm

Wed Aug 12

Light Rain

22°/17°

Winds S15—G30
Feels like 24°
Rain: 3.2 mm

Thu Aug 13

Light Rain

21°/16°

Winds WNW15—G35
38% POP
Rain: 7.4 mm

Fri Aug 14

Scattered clouds

21°/15°

Winds W15—G30
32% POP

Sat Aug 15

Light Rain

22°/15°

Winds SSW15—G40
Feels like 27°
Rain: 6.2 mm

🗺️ Outlook and Trends:

HRM TREND MOSAIC 1

HRM TREND MOSAIC 2

HRM TREND MOSAIC 3

HRM TREND MOSAIC 4

HRM TREND MOSAIC 5

📡 Regional Forecast: Friday July 31

Friday, July 31, 2026 at 4:04:50 pm by HFXwx

🗺️ Today and Tomorrow:

MARITIME TT MOSAIC 1

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🗺️ Outlook and Trends:

MARITIME TREND MOSAIC 1

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MARITIME TREND MOSAIC 3

MARITIME TREND MOSAIC 4

MARITIME TREND MOSAIC 5

🚨 Alert: Yellow Watch – Severe Thunderstorm – In Effect

Friday, July 31, 2026 at 2:50:15 pm by HFXwx

🟨⚠️ Yellow Watch – Severe Thunderstorm – In Effect

Issued: Jul 31, 2:44 PM ADT

Description: Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing heavy rain.

Locations: western and northern Nova Scotia.

Potential rainfall rates: locally of 20 to 30 mm per hour in thunderstorms.

Time span: until early this evening.

Showers have developed across most of western and northern Nova Scotia, and have the potential to become severe this afternoon into early this evening.

Expires: Jul 31 2026, 8:33 PM ADT
Originated from CAP Alert: Environment Canada, Jul 31 2026, 2:44 PM ADT, urn:oid:2.49.0.1.124.0376794453.2026
Area: Kings County, Annapolis County, Digby County, Lunenburg County, Queens County, Shelburne County, Yarmouth County, Hants County, Colchester County – Truro and south, Pictou County, Antigonish County

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📡 Halifax Forecast: Friday July 31

Friday, July 31, 2026 at 6:31:01 am by HFXwx

Today (Jul 31): Cloudy skies this morning. Near 19°C (high dew point, muggy). Rain this morning to this afternoon. This afternoon, mostly cloudy skies, near 22°C (feels like 22°, high dew point, muggy). Expect scattered clouds this evening. Near 19°C (high dew point, muggy). Broken clouds tonight with lows near 17°C (high dew point, muggy).

Tomorrow (Aug 1): Anticipate broken clouds Saturday morning. Near 18°C (elevated dew point). Rain tomorrow morning. Saturday afternoon brings broken clouds. Near 22°C (elevated dew point). Scattered clouds Saturday evening. Near 20°C (elevated dew point).

📅 Today:

2 AM

6 AM

Cloudy

19°

Winds SSE5
Dew point 17°

10 AM

Broken clouds

22°

Winds SSE10
Dew point 18° (humid)
UV: 4 (Mod)

2 PM

Showers

22°

Winds SSE10
Dew point 18° (humid)
UV: 5 (Mod)
Rain: 1.0 mm

6 PM

Scattered clouds

21°

Winds SSE5
Dew point 17° (humid)

10 PM

Mostly cloudy

18°

Winds SSE5
Feels like 20°
Dew point 17° (humid)

📜 Today’s Almanac:

📈 Normal High24.0°C
Today: -2.1°

📉 Normal Low14.3°C
Today: +3.4°

🏆 Record High34.0°C
WESTPHAL, 1995

🏆 Record Low6.7°C
CHAIN LAKE, 1956

🏆 Record Precip89.20mm
HALIFAX, 1896

🌅 Sunrise05:59 am

🌇 Sunset08:41 pm

🌞 Daylight14h 42m

🌖 Moon PhaseWaning Gibbous

📅 Tomorrow:

2 AM

Broken clouds

17°

Winds WNW10
Feels like 20°
Dew point 17° (humid)

6 AM

Broken clouds

18°

Winds WNW10
Dew point 17°

10 AM

Broken clouds

21°

Winds WNW10—G20
Dew point 17°
UV: 4 (Mod)

2 PM

Broken clouds

23°

Winds WNW10—G20
Dew point 17°
UV: 3 (Mod)

6 PM

Scattered clouds

22°

Winds WNW10—G20
Dew point 17°

10 PM

Scattered clouds

17°

Winds WNW5
Feels like 20°
Dew point 16°

🗺️ Today and Tomorrow:

HRM TT MOSAIC 1

HRM TT MOSAIC 2

🗓️ Outlook:

Above seasonal pattern (+2.2°C anomaly) with moderate confidence for the extended period. Light rain Mon 3, A period of Light rain Tue 4, and Light rain Fri 14.

Model Divergence: Model divergence on short-term rainfall: amounts range from 2.33 to 12.83 mm. Model spread on Mon Aug 3 rainfall: 0.00 to 20.73 mm. Model uncertainty on Sun Aug 9 highs: 24 to 31°C.

Ensembles indicate a cooler trend beyond day 14.

Sun Aug 2

Mostly cloudy

24°/16°

Winds SW15—G25

Mon Aug 3

Light Rain

23°/17°

Winds S15—G30
58% POP
Feels like 25°
Rain: 3.8 mm

Tue Aug 4

Light Rain

25°/19°

Winds WSW15—G35
50% POP
Rain: 3.9 mm

Wed Aug 5

Scattered clouds

26°/16°

Winds W10—G20

Thu Aug 6

Partly cloudy

26°/17°

Winds SW15—G25

Fri Aug 7

Light Rain

26°/18°

Winds SW15—G25
Rain: 2.6 mm

Sat Aug 8

Showers

26°/19°

Winds SW15—G25
Rain: 2.3 mm

Sun Aug 9

Showers

26°/18°

Winds WSW15—G25
Feels like 28°
Rain: 1.3 mm

Mon Aug 10

Light Rain

23°/18°

Winds SW20—G35
Rain: 4.6 mm

Tue Aug 11

Light Rain

25°/17°

Winds W15—G30
Rain: 7.1 mm

Wed Aug 12

Light Rain

23°/16°

Winds W10—G25
Feels like 26°
Rain: 7.0 mm

Thu Aug 13

Light Rain

22°/16°

Winds WNW15—G35
Rain: 3.2 mm

Fri Aug 14

Light Rain

21°/15°

Winds NW15—G30
Rain: 4.9 mm

Sat Aug 15

Partly cloudy

22°/13°

Winds NNW20
33% POP
Feels like 25°

🗺️ Outlook and Trends:

HRM TREND MOSAIC 1

HRM TREND MOSAIC 2

HRM TREND MOSAIC 3

HRM TREND MOSAIC 4

HRM TREND MOSAIC 5

📡 Regional Forecast: Friday July 31

Friday, July 31, 2026 at 6:30:24 am by HFXwx

🗺️ Today and Tomorrow:

MARITIME TT MOSAIC 1

🗺️ Outlook and Trends:

MARITIME TREND MOSAIC 1

MARITIME TREND MOSAIC 2

MARITIME TREND MOSAIC 3

MARITIME TREND MOSAIC 4

MARITIME TREND MOSAIC 5