Sonora, Nova Scotia Weather
Sonora, 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 Sonora in Guysborough.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sonora.
About Sonora, Nova Scotia
Sonora is a community in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Sonora is located at 45.0601°N, 61.9012°W. It observes Atlantic Time (UTC−4 / −3). Postal code area: B0H.
Sonora rests where the land exhales into the Atlantic, a quiet meeting of stone and salt-heavy air. It lies 11.2 km south-east of Sherbrooke, NS (from Sherbrooke, NS: bearing 145°T), and is situated 14.7 km west-south-west of Port Bickerton. The terrain rises toward the shadow of Lawsons Hill, while the St. Marys River draws a dark, glassy line through the landscape, reflecting the shifting grey of the clouds. Nearby, the stillness of Cooper Lake offers a contrast to the restless motion of the coast, where the water holds the cold clarity of a mirror. When the light fades at dusk, it turns the horizon into a muted charcoal, softening the hard edges of the shore until the earth and the tide seem to dissolve into one another. History in Sonora persists in the quiet endurance of those who have long turned toward the sea and the river for their livelihood. Residents carry on with a focus shaped by the surrounding woods and the pull of the currents, far from the frantic pace of larger hubs. To the west, the Liscomb River Wilderness Area preserves a vast, untamed solitude, while the distant, rushing sound of Big Falls suggests the persistent power of the inland waters. Life in Sonora moves with the tide, defined by the seasonal change in the air and the constant, reliable presence of the water that anchors the horizon.
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NOAA GOES-19 GEOCOLOR — Canada / Northern U.S. sector. Auto-refreshes every 10 minutes on page reload. Frames the whole country from Newfoundland to the BC coast, plus adjacent Pacific and Atlantic storm approaches.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 · Public domain · Sector code can (Canada / Northern U.S.) · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Sonora, Guysborough, Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates | 45.060111°N, 61.901214°W |
| Timezone | Atlantic Time (UTC−4 / −3) |
| Postal FSA | B0H |
| Area Code | 782, 902 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Sonora, Nova Scotia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sonora, 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 Sonora includes coordinates 45.060111°N, 61.901214°W, situated in Guysborough. Postal FSA: B0H. 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.