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While high-pressure settles the weather in the Maritimes, some late-season snow will fall across parts of N.L.

ALLISTER AALDERS: Between mid-April showers, snow there’s brighter, warmer weather

While winter’s presence becomes less and less through April, it’s still lingering. There was a chance of flurries forecast last night in eastern Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and a retrograding area of low pressure will bring a mixture of ...

Updated a day ago |4 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Double rainbow in Bedford, N.S.

Updated a day ago |1 min read

-Contributed/Heather Crocker

BEHIND THE WEATHER: Why are some clouds bright and others dark?

Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |3 min read

Dark clouds over the Cape Breton Highlands from Cape Smokey last summer. -Allister Aalders/SaltWire

WEATHER PHOTO: Soon setting sail in Inverness, N.S.

Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |2 min read

ALLISTER AALDERS: Fluctuating temperatures will mix April showers with flurries

Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |3 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Calm reflections in Mermaid, P.E.I.

Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |1 min read

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While high-pressure settles the weather in the Maritimes, some late-season snow will fall across parts of N.L.

ALLISTER AALDERS: Between mid-April showers, snow there’s brighter, warmer weather

While winter’s presence becomes less and less through April, it’s still lingering. There was a chance of flurries forecast last night in eastern Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and a retrograding area of low pressure will bring a mixture of ...

Updated a day ago |4 min read

ALLISTER AALDERS: Fluctuating temperatures will mix April showers with flurries

Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |3 min read

MARCH 19, 2006-- Spring has not Sprung--A man bikes through Snow flurries and cold temperatures on Main St. in Dartmouth Sunday. Winter held on until the last day with highs reaching 3 degrees.

ALLISTER AALDERS: Unsettled, mild weekend with brighter skies expected next week

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |4 min read

FOR NEWS STANDALONE:
A man with a colorful umbrella makes his way down the street, on a dreary wet afternoon in Halifax Thursday June 5, 2018.

Tim Krochak/ The Chronicle Herald

ALLISTER AALDERS: Mild temperatures accompany more rain, wind

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |3 min read

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ALLISTER AALDERS: Reflecting on Monday’s awe-inspiring total solar eclipse

Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |4 min read

Viewing the solar eclipse in Atlantic Canada? Here’s what’s expected weather-wise

Updated Apr. 5, 2024 |4 min read

Featured Weather Snapshots

-Contributed/Heather Crocker

WEATHER PHOTO: Double rainbow in Bedford, N.S.

April showers might bring May flowers, but it also increases the odds of seeing rainbows. Heather Crocker caught this double rainbow in Bedford, N.S., last evening as convective showers passed over the region. Heather said it’s been a while since she ...

Updated a day ago |1 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: Soon setting sail in Inverness, N.S.

Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |2 min read

-Contributed/Francis A. MacDonald (@PhotoCapeBreton on X)

WEATHER PHOTO: Calm reflections in Mermaid, P.E.I.

Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |1 min read

-Contributed/Jill Crossman

WEATHER PHOTO: Stunning view of Northern Bay, N.L.

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |1 min read

WEATHER PHOTO: First cruise ship of the season in Stratford, P.E.I.

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |1 min read

SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024: A celestial gathering in Bouctouche, N.B.

Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |1 min read

Featured Ask Allister

Dark clouds over the Cape Breton Highlands from Cape Smokey last summer. -Allister Aalders/SaltWire

BEHIND THE WEATHER: Why are some clouds bright and others dark?

Clouds come in all different types, shapes, sizes and, sometimes, colours. Aside from the sometimes colourful clouds we see at dawn and dusk, most would classify clouds as being white or grey. Sometimes, however, clouds are much darker. So, what ...

Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |3 min read

ASK ALLISTER: Where did ‘April showers bring May flowers’ originate?

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |3 min read

Pedestrians walk past flowers planted near the main entrance to the Halifax Public Gardens on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

ASK ALLISTER: What causes wind?

Updated Apr. 2, 2024 |3 min read

Wind is formed in an attempt to restore balance from differences in air pressure.

ALLISTER AALDERS: Weather’s connection to maple syrup production

Updated Mar. 19, 2024 |3 min read

ASK ALLISTER: The total solar eclipse is one month away, but will clouds ruin the show?

Updated Mar. 8, 2024 |5 min read

ASK ALLISTER: How a frosty windshield becomes a work of art

Updated Feb. 28, 2024 |3 min read

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