Right now
17°C / 63°F
Clear · wind 17 km/h · 65% RH
Soil (6 cm)
15°C / 58°F
Most seeds germinate
Hardiness zone
6b
est. from 10-yr extreme low -18°C
Frost window
May 1 – Nov 5
~188 frost-free days · first frost in ~58 days
Sun
06:45 – 19:38
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Halifax
Tue
Drizzle
18° / 10°
0.1 mm
Wed
Overcast
16° / 8°
dry
Thu
Rain
19° / 12°
13.25 mm
Fri
Overcast
17° / 9°
dry
Sat
Overcast
18° / 7°
dry
Sun
Overcast
19° / 8°
dry
Mon
Drizzle
20° / 13°
0.6 mm
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyHalifax Gardening: Early September – Harvest Season Begins, Winter Crops Established. Halifax Fishing: Early Fall Stripers, Mackerel, and Bottomfish. Foraging in Halifax: Early Fall Harvest.
Gardening
Halifax Gardening: Early September – Harvest Season Begins, Winter Crops Established
Sow & harvest now
- Spinach (e.g., 'Space' or 'Bloomsdale Long Standing')
- Arugula (e.g., 'Roquette' or 'Wild Rocket')
- Mâche (corn salad, e.g., 'Verte de Cambrai')
- Radish (e.g., 'Cherry Belle' or 'Watermelon')
Fishing
Halifax Fishing: Early Fall Stripers, Mackerel, and Bottomfish
What's biting
- Striped Bass (Rockfish)
- Atlantic Mackerel
- Atlantic Cod
- Pollock
Foraging
Foraging in Halifax: Early Fall Harvest
In season now
- Wild Blueberry (Lowbush Blueberry)
- Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca)
- Rose Hips (Rosa virginiana, Rosa acicularis)
- Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
Your ecological region
Acadian Forest & Atlantic Coast
Red spruce, sugar maple and yellow birch meet the cold North Atlantic. Fog, long falls and a tidal coastline.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 6b
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -18°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Halifax every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.