Lady Franklin Point
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Lady Franklin Point is a landform in the Canadian Arctic territory of Nunavut. It is located on southwestern Victoria Island in the Coronation Gulf by Austin Bay at the eastern entrance of Dolphin and Union Strait.[1]
The Point is uninhabited but still has an active North Warning System. Originally part of the Distant Early Warning Line in the Northwest Territories, the site is known as PIN-3.[2] On 10 January 2000 the unmanned site caught fire and was almost totally destroyed.[3]
Named after Jane Griffin, Lady Franklin, it was the historical area of Nagyuktogmiut, a Copper Inuit subgroup.[4]
Climate
| Climate data for Lady Franklin Point | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high Humidex | −5.4 | −5.0 | −7.1 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 16.5 | 23.8 | 20.9 | 13.5 | 6.1 | −1.0 | −4.3 | 23.8 |
| Record high °C (°F) | −4.4 (24.1) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
5.2 (41.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.8 (73) |
21.1 (70) |
13.9 (57) |
6.1 (43) |
14.4 (57.9) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
22.8 (73) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −25.1 (−13.2) |
−26.6 (−15.9) |
−23.6 (−10.5) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
5.7 (42.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−23.1 (−9.6) |
−9.07 (15.68) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −28.6 (−19.5) |
−30.1 (−22.2) |
−27.4 (−17.3) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
2.8 (37) |
6.8 (44.2) |
6.3 (43.3) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−20.0 (−4) |
−26.5 (−15.7) |
−12.36 (9.75) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −32.3 (−26.1) |
−33.7 (−28.7) |
−31.2 (−24.2) |
−23.1 (−9.6) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
3.1 (37.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−10.0 (14) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−29.8 (−21.6) |
−15.68 (3.78) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −46.1 (−51) |
−45.6 (−50.1) |
−44.4 (−47.9) |
−41.5 (−42.7) |
−27.5 (−17.5) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−30.2 (−22.4) |
−37.8 (−36) |
−44.4 (−47.9) |
−46.1 (−51) |
| Wind chill | −67.4 | −62.9 | −62.0 | −56.0 | −38.3 | −21.2 | −8.4 | −9.4 | −20.3 | −40.8 | −50.0 | −57.5 | −67.4 |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 4.7 (0.185) |
4.8 (0.189) |
4.2 (0.165) |
4.4 (0.173) |
5.0 (0.197) |
10.8 (0.425) |
20.6 (0.811) |
20.6 (0.811) |
19.5 (0.768) |
16.1 (0.634) |
6.4 (0.252) |
4.2 (0.165) |
121.2 (4.772) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
1.5 (0.059) |
9.4 (0.37) |
20.6 (0.811) |
19.9 (0.783) |
14.8 (0.583) |
0.9 (0.035) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
67.0 (2.638) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 4.7 (1.85) |
4.8 (1.89) |
4.2 (1.65) |
4.4 (1.73) |
3.5 (1.38) |
1.4 (0.55) |
0.0 (0) |
0.8 (0.31) |
4.7 (1.85) |
15.3 (6.02) |
6.4 (2.52) |
4.2 (1.65) |
54.3 (21.38) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 3.4 | 3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 61.0 |
| Avg. rainy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.05 | 0.77 | 2.9 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 5.5 | 0.67 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.8 |
| Avg. snowy days | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 0.95 | 0.0 | 0.45 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 37.4 |
| Source: 1971-2000 Environment Canada[5] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Lady Franklin Point". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. bartleby.com. 2000. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ↑ Pin-3
- ↑ Fire destroys North Warning System radar station
- ↑ Stefansson, V. (1914-12-30). "Prehistoric and Present Commerce among the Arctic Coast Eskimo". Geological Survey Museum Bulletin 6: 14.
- ↑ Environment Canada—Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
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Coordinates: 68°28′59″N 113°14′59″W / 68.48306°N 113.24972°W
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