Upper Port La Tour, Nova Scotia Weather
Upper Port La Tour, 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 Upper Port La Tour in Shelburne.
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About Upper Port La Tour, Nova Scotia
Upper Port La Tour is a community in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Upper Port La Tour is located at 43.5122°N, 65.4699°W. It observes Atlantic Time (UTC−4 / −3). Postal code area: B5A.
Upper Port La Tour rests upon the rugged Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, a maritime edge defined by the persistent salt-heavy air and the low, granite-strewn shoulders of the Bull Hill. It lies 15.0 km east-north-east of Clark's Harbour, NS (from Clark's Harbour, NS: bearing 59°T), and is situated 9.3 km south-east of Barrington. The landscape here is defined by a raw, elemental stillness, where the horizon dissolves into the grey-blue expanse of the ocean. Only four kilometers away, the Port La Tour Bogs Wilderness Area stretches out as a vast, peat-rich expanse, holding the moisture of the seasons in its mossy depths. Further inland, the terrain shifts toward more distant landmarks, with the Clyde River flowing ten kilometers away and the quiet basin of Greenwood Lake resting at a similar distance. Beyond these, the land rises toward the hidden, vertical drop of Phils Falls, situated eleven kilometers from the coast. When the sun dips low, the light catches the wet rock and the sparse, wind-bent spruce, turning the entire coastline into a study of silver and slate. The lifeblood of Upper Port La Tour has long been drawn from the cold, deep waters that pull against its rocky shore, anchoring the local economy to the cycles of the fishery. Generations of families have looked to the tides, building their traditions around the seasonal harvest of the sea and the careful maintenance of boats that bob in the sheltered inlets. The atmosphere of Upper Port La Tour carries the weight of this maritime endurance, where the work of the day is governed not by clocks, but by the turning of the water and the shifting winds. There is a quiet pride in the way the houses sit close to the road, their weathered shingles holding fast against the spray. Even as the modern world encroaches, the daily life of the residents remains anchored to the shore, defined by a stoic resilience that mirrors the unyielding nature of the coast itself.
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| Location | Upper Port La Tour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates | 43.512171°N, 65.469949°W |
| Timezone | Atlantic Time (UTC−4 / −3) |
| Postal FSA | B5A |
| Area Code | 782, 902 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Upper Port La Tour, Nova Scotia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Port La Tour, 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 Upper Port La Tour includes coordinates 43.512171°N, 65.469949°W, situated in Shelburne. Postal FSA: B5A. 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.