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Snowflake, Manitoba
Snowflake is a small community in the Municipality of Pembina in Manitoba, Canada near the Canada–United States border.[1][3] It is the birthplace of ice hockey player Justin Falk,[4] and was the first ecclesiastical posting for the sixth Bishop of Calgary, George Reginald Calvert.[5]
Snowflake | |
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Grain Elevators at Snowflake | |
Snowflake Location of Snowflake in Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 49°02′51″N 98°39′33″W / 49.04750°N 98.65917°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Pembina Valley |
| Census Division | No. 4 |
| Government | |
| • MP | Branden Leslie |
| • MLA | Lauren Stone |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Postal Code | R0G 2K0 |
| Area code | 204 |
| NTS Map | 062G02 |
| GNBC Code | GAZRS[1] |
Climate edit
| Climate data for Snowflake | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 12.0 (53.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 28.0 (82.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 35.5 (95.9) | 34.0 (93.2) | 36.5 (97.7) | 36.0 (96.8) | 33.0 (91.4) | 21.5 (70.7) | 8.0 (46.4) | 36.5 (97.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) | −7.5 (18.5) | −1.2 (29.8) | 9.6 (49.3) | 17.3 (63.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 19.1 (66.4) | 10.1 (50.2) | 0.5 (32.9) | −7.5 (18.5) | 8.3 (46.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.7 (3.7) | −12.6 (9.3) | −5.9 (21.4) | 4.0 (39.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 18.8 (65.8) | 18.0 (64.4) | 12.7 (54.9) | 4.7 (40.5) | −4.8 (23.4) | −11.8 (10.8) | 2.9 (37.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.4 (−4.7) | −17.3 (0.9) | −10.5 (13.1) | −1.7 (28.9) | 4.7 (40.5) | 10.8 (51.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 11.6 (52.9) | 6.3 (43.3) | −0.7 (30.7) | −9.2 (15.4) | −16.0 (3.2) | −2.5 (27.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −42.0 (−43.6) | −41.5 (−42.7) | −36.0 (−32.8) | −21.0 (−5.8) | −9.0 (15.8) | −1.0 (30.2) | 3.5 (38.3) | 0.0 (32.0) | −7.0 (19.4) | −21.0 (−5.8) | −28.5 (−19.3) | −35.5 (−31.9) | −42.0 (−43.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25.6 (1.01) | 18.5 (0.73) | 31.5 (1.24) | 25.4 (1.00) | 72.6 (2.86) | 100.5 (3.96) | 82.9 (3.26) | 70.8 (2.79) | 45.2 (1.78) | 34.4 (1.35) | 28.6 (1.13) | 27.6 (1.09) | 563.5 (22.19) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.3 (0.05) | 11.1 (0.44) | 14.7 (0.58) | 67.4 (2.65) | 100.5 (3.96) | 82.9 (3.26) | 70.8 (2.79) | 45.2 (1.78) | 24.3 (0.96) | 6.9 (0.27) | 0.1 (0.00) | 425.2 (16.74) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 25.6 (10.1) | 17.2 (6.8) | 20.4 (8.0) | 10.6 (4.2) | 5.2 (2.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 10.1 (4.0) | 21.7 (8.5) | 27.5 (10.8) | 138.3 (54.4) |
| Source: Environment Canada[6] | |||||||||||||
Notable residents edit
- Justin Falk NHL player
- LeMoine FitzGerald, Group of Seven artist
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Snowflake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data". Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. November 5, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
- ^ Photo Gallery
- ^ Hockey's future
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1948
- ^ "Snowflake". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 (in English and French). Environment Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
External links edit
- Media related to Snowflake, Manitoba at Wikimedia Commons