Upper Stewiacke
Community in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Upper Stewiacke is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Colchester County.[1]
Upper Stewiacke | |
|---|---|
  Upper Stewiacke | |
| Coordinates: 45.13°N 62.59°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Nova Scotia |
| Founded | 1783 |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,200 |
| Time zone | AST |
Upper Stewiacke can be reached by road via Route 289. Upper Stewiacke was founded in 1783 by Matthew Johnson, son of James Johnson, a Grantee of Truro, Nova Scotia. Johnson's supplies had come from Truro, some 20 miles away. In 1983, a special event and reenactment was held to mark the 200th Anniversary of the arrival of Matthew Johnson and his wife Ruth (née Fisher).
Notable residents
- Lyle Creelman (1908–1997), the first Canadian nurse to work for the World Health Organization.[2]
- James F. Ellis, physician and politician
Climate
| Climate data for Upper Stewiacke, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1915–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) |
16.7 (62.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
34.4 (93.9) |
34.4 (93.9) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.1 (97.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
17.8 (64.0) |
36.1 (97.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
14.1 (57.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.3 (20.7) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
3.9 (39.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
14.1 (57.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.6 (11.1) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
0.5 (32.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.1 (−42.0) |
−38.9 (−38.0) |
−30.5 (−22.9) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−24.4 (−11.9) |
−36.0 (−32.8) |
−41.1 (−42.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 115.8 (4.56) |
100.3 (3.95) |
107.4 (4.23) |
91.6 (3.61) |
94.8 (3.73) |
96.9 (3.81) |
88.4 (3.48) |
95.0 (3.74) |
106.0 (4.17) |
125.2 (4.93) |
122.5 (4.82) |
132.7 (5.22) |
1,267.8 (49.91) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 66.2 (2.61) |
59.2 (2.33) |
79.4 (3.13) |
88.1 (3.47) |
98.4 (3.87) |
98.4 (3.87) |
94.6 (3.72) |
94.4 (3.72) |
113.6 (4.47) |
109.9 (4.33) |
122.7 (4.83) |
90.7 (3.57) |
1,115.5 (43.92) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 71.4 (28.1) |
53.5 (21.1) |
45.5 (17.9) |
13.3 (5.2) |
0.5 (0.2) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.0) |
13.2 (5.2) |
50.6 (19.9) |
248.1 (97.7) |
| Source: Environment Canada[3][4][5] (rain, snow 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
