Chester Basin, Nova Scotia Weather
Chester Basin, Nova Scotia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, ECCC alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast, soil and crop conditions for Chester Basin in Lunenburg.
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About Chester Basin, Nova Scotia
Chester Basin is a community in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a town. Chester Basin is located at 44.5666°N, 64.3093°W. It observes Atlantic Time (UTC−4 / −3). Postal code area: B4V.
Chester Basin rests where the cool breath of the Atlantic meets the quiet, persistent flow of the Middle River. It lies 21.0 km north of Lunenburg, NS (from Lunenburg, NS: bearing 0°T), and is situated 6.0 km west-north-west of Chester. The air here carries a salt-heavy stillness, particularly as dusk settles over Skipper Hill and the light turns the color of a bruised plum. Croft Lake sits tucked among the trees just a short distance away, its surface often mirroring the stillness of the surrounding woods, while the distant, rhythmic rush of Hemlock Falls provides a constant, low-frequency pulse to the woods. Life in Chester Basin follows the tides, a steady movement that has long shaped the local sense of time. Residents often look toward the water for their livelihood, a tradition that persists alongside the seasonal quietude of the landscape. Not far from the main reaches of the coast, Graves Island Provincial Park serves as a reminder of the rugged, exposed beauty that defines the shoreline. Whether observing the way the fog clings to the Middle River or the sharp silhouette of the trees against the evening sky, one finds that Chester Basin holds a quiet gravity, an existence defined by the simple, enduring proximity of forest and sea.
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| Location | Chester Basin, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates | 44.566628°N, 64.309334°W |
| Timezone | Atlantic Time (UTC−4 / −3) |
| Postal FSA | B4V |
| Area Code | 782, 902 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Chester Basin, Nova Scotia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chester Basin, Nova Scotia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Chester Basin includes coordinates 44.566628°N, 64.309334°W, situated in Lunenburg. Postal FSA: B4V. Telephone area code: 782, 902. Timezone: Atlantic Time (UTC−4 / −3).
Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.