Editing Sable Island (section)

==Climate==
Sable Island has an [[Oceanic climate|Maritime temperate climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfb'') using the {{cvt|-3|C}} isotherm, or a [[Humid continental climate#Warm summer subtype|warm-summer humid continental climate]] (Köppen ''Dfb'') using the {{cvt|0|C}} with its climate being strongly influenced by the sea.<ref name=PCclimate>{{cite web|url=https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ns/sable/nature/env/climate |title=Climate Sable Island National Park Reserve |work=The Climates of Canada |publisher=[[Parks Canada]] |access-date=February 15, 2025 |date=September 26, 2024}}</ref> As such, winter temperatures average near freezing while during the summer months, daily maximum temperatures average around {{cvt|20|C|1}}.<ref name=PCclimate /> The average annual variation in temperature on Sable Island is only {{cvt|19|C-change}}<ref name="71595climate"/> owing to the influence from the sea compared to {{cvt|24.3|C-change}} at Halifax and {{cvt|38.9|C-change}} in Winnipeg.<ref name=PCclimate /><ref name=ECclimate>{{cite web|url=http://atlantic-web1.ns.ec.gc.ca/climatecentre/default.asp?lang=En&n=D1316270-1 |title=The Climate of Sable Island |work=The Climates of Canada |publisher=Environment Canada |access-date=May 17, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218060655/http://atlantic-web1.ns.ec.gc.ca/climatecentre/default.asp?lang=En&n=D1316270-1 |archive-date=February 18, 2010 }}</ref> Generally, February is the coldest month while August is the warmest month.<ref name="71595climate"/>

Sable Island averages {{cvt|1511|mm|2}} of precipitation a year, which is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, though October through January are the wettest months due to frequent and intense fall and winter storms.<ref name=PCclimate /> Being located in the path of major frontal storms and tropical cyclones year-round, most of the precipitation comes from these storms.<ref name=PCclimate /> Thunderstorms are occasional, and happen on an average of 11 days per year.<ref name=ECclimate/> There are frequent heavy fogs in the area due to the contrasting effects of the cold [[Labrador Current]] and the warm [[Gulf Stream]]: on average there are 127 days out of the year that have at least 1 hour of fog.<ref name=PCclimate /> This makes Sable Island the foggiest place in [[the Maritimes]].<ref name=PCclimate /> The foggiest season is during the summer months where July averages 22 fog days.<ref name=PCclimate /><ref name=ECclimate/>

During the winter, Sable Island has the warmest temperatures in Canada apart from [[British Columbia Coast|the Pacific Coast]], and can have the warmest temperatures in the country on some occasions due to the influence of the Gulf Stream. Summers are among the coolest in southern Canada though. It is also the most hurricane-prone part of Canada, also due to the Gulf Stream, and is the only place where [[Saffir–Simpson scale]] Category 3 hurricane-force winds are likely in all of Canada.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} The highest temperature recorded was {{cvt|27.8|C}} on August 27, 1951, while the lowest temperature recorded was {{cvt|-19.4|C}} on January 31, 1920.<ref name="71595climate"/>
{{Weather box
|location = Sable Island ([[Sable Island Aerodrome]])<br>[[Location identifier#WMO station identifiers|WMO ID]]: 71595; coordinates {{coordinates|43|55|46|N|59|57|35|W|type:airport_region:CA-NS|name=Sable Island Aerodrome (WSA)}}; elevation: {{cvt|1.2|m}}; 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1897−present{{efn|Composite data from Sable Island: [[Location identifier#WMO station identifiers|WMO ID]]: 73025; coordinates {{coordinates|43|55|53|N|60|00|30|W|type:airport_region:CA-NS|name=Sable Island ASB}}; elevation: {{cvt|1.2|m}}. Sable Island: [[Location identifier#WMO station identifiers|WMO ID]]: 71600; coordinates {{coordinates|43|55|56|N|60|00|34|W|type:airport_region:CA-NS|name=Sable Island ESA}}; elevation: {{cvt|5|m}}. Sable Island: Climate ID: 8204701; coordinates {{coordinates|43|56|N|60|00|W|type:airport_region:CA-NS|name=Sable Island YSA}}; elevation: {{cvt|4|m}}.}}

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| Jan maximum humidex = 15.2
| Feb maximum humidex = 13.2
| Mar maximum humidex = 13.7
| Apr maximum humidex = 15.0
| May maximum humidex = 20.0
| Jun maximum humidex = 28.1
| Jul maximum humidex = 32.8
| Aug maximum humidex = 35.3
| Sep maximum humidex = 34.2
| Oct maximum humidex = 30.7
| Nov maximum humidex = 22.3
| Dec maximum humidex = 17.4
| year maximum humidex = 35.3

| Jan record high C = 14.5
| Feb record high C = 12.8
| Mar record high C = 13.7
| Apr record high C = 13.9
| May record high C = 17.8
| Jun record high C = 21.7
| Jul record high C = 26.7
| Aug record high C = 27.8
| Sep record high C = 27.0
| Oct record high C = 22.8
| Nov record high C = 18.9
| Dec record high C = 15.6
| year record high C = 27.8

| Jan high C = 3.3
| Feb high C = 2.5
| Mar high C = 3.7
| Apr high C = 6.8
| May high C = 10.2
| Jun high C = 14.3
| Jul high C = 18.7
| Aug high C = 21.1
| Sep high C = 19.1
| Oct high C = 14.6
| Nov high C = 10.4
| Dec high C = 6.3
| year high C = 10.9

| Jan mean C = 0.1
| Feb mean C = -0.5
| Mar mean C = 1.0
| Apr mean C = 4.2
| May mean C = 7.6
| Jun mean C = 11.6
| Jul mean C = 16.2
| Aug mean C = 18.5
| Sep mean C = 16.5
| Oct mean C = 12.2
| Nov mean C = 7.7
| Dec mean C = 3.5
| year mean C = 8.2

| Jan low C = -3.0
| Feb low C = -3.4
| Mar low C = -1.7
| Apr low C = 1.6
| May low C = 4.8
| Jun low C = 8.9
| Jul low C = 13.6
| Aug low C = 15.9
| Sep low C = 13.8
| Oct low C = 9.6
| Nov low C = 5.0
| Dec low C = 0.6
| year low C = 5.5

| Jan record low C = -19.4
| Feb record low C = -18.3
| Mar record low C = -13.6
| Apr record low C = -8.9
| May record low C = -8.3
| Jun record low C = 0.6
| Jul record low C = 3.0
| Aug record low C = 4.4
| Sep record low C = 0.6
| Oct record low C = -1.2
| Nov record low C = -7.8
| Dec record low C = -16.7
| year record low C = -19.4

| Jan chill = -29.6
| Feb chill = -33.0
| Mar chill = -24.6
| Apr chill = -20.4
| May chill = -8.7
| Jun chill = 0.0
| Jul chill = 0.0
| Aug chill = 0.0
| Sep chill = 0.0
| Oct chill = -3.1
| Nov chill = -15.6
| Dec chill = -25.7
| year chill = -33.0

| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 133.2
| Feb precipitation mm =
| Mar precipitation mm = 137.7
| Apr precipitation mm =
| May precipitation mm = 97.5
| Jun precipitation mm = 95.8
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| unit precipitation days = 0.2&nbsp;mm
| Jan precipitation days = 21.9
| Feb precipitation days =
| Mar precipitation days = 18.0
| Apr precipitation days =
| May precipitation days = 15.5
| Jun precipitation days = 12.4
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| time day = 1500 {{abbr|LST|Local standard time}}
| humidity colour = green
| Jan humidity = 77.8
| Feb humidity = 77.7
| Mar humidity = 76.0
| Apr humidity = 78.7
| May humidity = 82.2
| Jun humidity = 84.5
| Jul humidity = 87.1
| Aug humidity = 83.4
| Sep humidity = 78.0
| Oct humidity = 76.1
| Nov humidity = 76.4
| Dec humidity = 76.9
| year humidity = 79.6

|source 1 = [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]]<ref name="71595climate">{{cite web| publisher = [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]]| url =https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnName_1991&txtStationName_1991=Sable+Island&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=44000000&dispBack=1 | title = Sable Island| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 |date=October 1, 2024| access-date = February 15, 2025}}</ref>}}

According to Atlas Obscura, Sable Island lies in [[hardiness zone]] 8a ({{cvt|10|to|15|F|order=flip}}) for plant hardiness.<ref name="Atlas Obscura">{{cite web |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sable-island |title=Sable Island |work=[[Atlas Obscura]] |access-date=February 15, 2025}}</ref>

===Climate change===
Being a large low-lying [[Shoal|sandbar]], Sable Island is vulnerable to [[sea level rise]]. This is further exacerbated by an ongoing increase in storm frequency and intensity caused by [[Climate change in Canada|climate change]] {{citation needed|date=April 2025}}, further eroding the island. These factors point toward Sable Island disappearing by the end of the 21st century. <ref>{{Cite news|date=September 4, 2014|title=Sable Island: An uncertain future as a national park|work=[[CBC News]]|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sable-island-an-uncertain-future-as-a-national-park-1.2755145|access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref>