Snow reports with lighter amounts on the way late Wednesday into Thursday

A pedestrian walks down a snow-covered street during a winter storm that closed schools and delayed travel in Halifax on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

While the powerful Nor’easter didn’t impact the Maritimes as severely as the northeastern United States, it still brough a widespread heavy snowfall and high winds. A relatively lighter round of snow is expected for the Maritimes Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday night.

Snow reports

A widespread 15-to-30 cm of snow fell across Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and southern New Brunswick Monday into Tuesday morning.

Some locally higher amounts of 30-to-40 cm were reported. Many observers in the region also note that the blowing snow and drifts made for difficult measurements.

As expected, much lighter snow fell in parts of northern and western New Brunswick.

Strong winds accompanied the snow. Peak gusts in Nova Scotia of 60-to-100 km/h except a gust of 119 km/h reported at Baccaro Point and reports of gusts to 160 km/h at St. Joseph du Moine. Peak gusts for Prince Edward Island reached 60-to-80 km/h. In New Brunswick gusts of 70-to-90 km/h were reported in southern areas of the province.

Wednesday snow

A weaker low-pressure system moving into out of Maine returns snow to the Maritimes on Wednesday.

The snow is developing in western New Brunswick and southwestern Nova Scotia on Wednesday afternoon. The snow then moves through, west-to-east, Wednesday evening and night, clearing Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton early Thursday morning.

Up to five centimeters of snow can be expected for most of the Maritimes. Higher amounts of 5-to-10 cm are possible near the Bay of Fundy coastline in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and eastern areas of Nova Scotia including Cape Breton. The snow may be mixed with rain on the Atlantic coastline of Nova Scotia.