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Grand Étang is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Inverness County on Cape Breton Island. Grand Étang is noted for its periodic high wind events called Les Suêtes.[1][2] It is also the location of Nova Scotia's first wind energy project, which was established in 2002.[3]
Climate
In August 2020, Grand Étang had four days where the temperature did not fall below 20.2 Celsius. On August 12, 2020, the overnight low was 23.3 Celsius.[4] In 2018, the average daily temperature for August was 21.2 Celsius.[5] Theoretically, in order to qualify for a humid subtropical climate (Cfa), Grand Étang would need an average daily temperature of 22 Celsius or higher in the warmest month (August) averaged over a 30-year period, and the average temperature in the coldest month would have to be -3 or warmer. Many areas of Nova Scotia are predicted to transition to a humid subtropical climate for the 30-year period of 2071-2100.[6]
Climate data start in 1994 and 1995.
| Climate data for Grand Étang | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 63.7 (17.6) |
64.2 (17.9) |
65.5 (18.6) |
74.5 (23.6) |
80.8 (27.1) |
88.5 (31.4) |
94.1 (34.5) |
88.3 (31.3) |
85.8 (29.9) |
80.4 (26.9) |
84.9 (29.4) |
66.2 (19.0) |
94.1 (34.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 32.2 (0.1) |
30.4 (−0.9) |
36.1 (2.3) |
44.6 (7.0) |
55.4 (13.0) |
67.6 (19.8) |
74.1 (23.4) |
73.6 (23.1) |
66.6 (19.2) |
56.1 (13.4) |
47.3 (8.5) |
37.9 (3.3) |
51.8 (11.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 20.8 (−6.2) |
17.2 (−8.2) |
22.6 (−5.2) |
31.1 (−0.5) |
40.3 (4.6) |
50.0 (10.0) |
60.3 (15.7) |
60.4 (15.8) |
54.0 (12.2) |
45.3 (7.4) |
37.0 (2.8) |
28.2 (−2.1) |
38.9 (3.9) |
| Source: weatherstats.ca[7] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ McIldoon, Ted; Pilon, M. (Aug 15, 2008). "Examples of Mountain Induced Wind in Atlantic Canada". American Meteorological Society (Conference Proceedings). 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ "Live on TV: Winds knocks reporters out of frame". The Weather Network. The Weather Network. March 26, 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ Pottie, Erin (August 3, 2012). "Wind energy project blowing into Nova Scotia". Cape Breton Post. Transcontinental. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ "Daily Data Report for August 2020 - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada". 31 October 2011.
- ↑ "Daily Data Report for August 2018 - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada". 31 October 2011.
- ↑ Beck, Hylke E.; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.; McVicar, Tim R.; Vergopolan, Noemi; Berg, Alexis; Wood, Eric F. (2018). "Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution". Scientific Data. 5: 180214. Bibcode:2018NatSD...580214B. doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.214. PMC 6207062. PMID 30375988.
- ↑ "Temperature Normals - Monthly Data for Grand Étang, NS". weatherstats.ca. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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