Germansen Landing
Germansen Landing | |
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Location of Germansen Landing in British Columbia | |
Coordinates: 55°47′00″N 124°42′00″W / 55.78333°N 124.70000°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Area code(s) | 250, 778, 236 |
Germansen Landing is an unincorporated settlement on the Omineca River, at the confluence of that river and its tributary the Germansen, in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.[1] The settlement was a focus of the Omineca Gold Rush of the 1860s.
Climate
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high humidex | 11.1 | 10.8 | 15.0 | 26.1 | 31.2 | 32.1 | 34.1 | 32.5 | 28.3 | 20.2 | 11.7 | 5.6 | 34.1 |
Record high °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) | 11.7 (53.1) | 15.6 (60.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 34.5 (94.1) | 32.2 (90.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 29.5 (85.1) | 23.0 (73.4) | 11.7 (53.1) | 9.7 (49.5) | 34.5 (94.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) | −3.5 (25.7) | 3.1 (37.6) | 9.3 (48.7) | 15.0 (59.0) | 18.9 (66.0) | 21.2 (70.2) | 20.5 (68.9) | 14.9 (58.8) | 6.2 (43.2) | −3.0 (26.6) | −7.9 (17.8) | 7.2 (45.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −13.1 (8.4) | −9.0 (15.8) | −3.4 (25.9) | 2.8 (37.0) | 7.9 (46.2) | 12.2 (54.0) | 14.3 (57.7) | 13.3 (55.9) | 8.6 (47.5) | 2.1 (35.8) | −6.4 (20.5) | −11.9 (10.6) | 1.5 (34.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.4 (0.7) | −14.5 (5.9) | −9.9 (14.2) | −3.7 (25.3) | 0.8 (33.4) | 5.3 (41.5) | 7.4 (45.3) | 6.0 (42.8) | 2.2 (36.0) | −2.1 (28.2) | −9.8 (14.4) | −15.9 (3.4) | −4.3 (24.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −48.8 (−55.8) | −44.4 (−47.9) | −41.1 (−42.0) | −26.7 (−16.1) | −12.8 (9.0) | −3.5 (25.7) | −2.2 (28.0) | −3.9 (25.0) | −12.5 (9.5) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −39.5 (−39.1) | −47.0 (−52.6) | −48.8 (−55.8) |
Record low wind chill | −51.8 | −42.5 | −40.1 | −26.1 | −8.0 | −3.3 | −0.6 | −2.7 | −7.7 | −20.0 | −41.8 | −47.5 | −51.8 |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 50.2 (1.98) | 30.1 (1.19) | 28.9 (1.14) | 25.9 (1.02) | 47.5 (1.87) | 67.7 (2.67) | 58.2 (2.29) | 46.8 (1.84) | 46.6 (1.83) | 50.9 (2.00) | 52.1 (2.05) | 48.4 (1.91) | 553.2 (21.78) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 2.9 (0.11) | 1.5 (0.06) | 4.7 (0.19) | 16.5 (0.65) | 44.6 (1.76) | 67.4 (2.65) | 58.2 (2.29) | 46.8 (1.84) | 45.4 (1.79) | 34.1 (1.34) | 7.5 (0.30) | 2.2 (0.09) | 331.7 (13.06) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 48.4 (19.1) | 30.1 (11.9) | 25.9 (10.2) | 9.6 (3.8) | 3.2 (1.3) | 0.4 (0.2) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.2 (0.5) | 17.5 (6.9) | 47.0 (18.5) | 47.9 (18.9) | 231.2 (91.0) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 16.6 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 17.0 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 174.3 |
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 7.0 | 14.1 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 102.1 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 15.8 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 5.9 | 15.7 | 16.2 | 80.5 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 33.7 | 67.1 | 121.2 | 183.0 | 226.5 | 218.8 | 243.3 | 232.6 | 147.2 | 73.3 | 30.5 | 23.5 | 1,600.7 |
Percent possible sunshine | 14.1 | 24.8 | 33.1 | 43.1 | 45.0 | 41.8 | 46.4 | 49.9 | 38.3 | 22.6 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 31.8 |
Source: [2] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Germansen Landing". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ^ "Calculation Information for 1981 to 2010 Canadian Normals Data". Environment Canada. Archived from the original on February 17, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2013.