Germansen Landing
| Germansen Landing | |
|---|---|
  Germansen Landing Location of Germansen Landing in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates: 55°47′00″N 124°42′00″W / 55.78333°N 124.70000°WCoordinates: 55°47′00″N 124°42′00″W / 55.78333°N 124.70000°W | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 British Columbia |
| Area code(s) | 250, 778 |
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. A Hudson Bay Supply post there supplied the miners and trappers. Placer mining continued into the 1930s, when the Depression created a market for gold. The area is very remote and required multiple lake and trail journeys to get to from Fort Saint James. Today, access is four hours by dirt logging road from McLeod Lake along the west shore of Williston Lake.
Climate
| Climate data for Germansen Landing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
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) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
15.0 (59) |
18.9 (66) |
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) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −13.1 (8.4) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
2.8 (37) |
7.9 (46.2) |
12.2 (54) |
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) |
| Average low °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) |
−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) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
−12.8 (9) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−2.2 (28) |
−3.9 (25) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−30.0 (−22) |
−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 (1.976) |
30.1 (1.185) |
28.9 (1.138) |
25.9 (1.02) |
47.5 (1.87) |
67.7 (2.665) |
58.2 (2.291) |
46.8 (1.843) |
46.6 (1.835) |
50.9 (2.004) |
52.1 (2.051) |
48.4 (1.906) |
553.2 (21.78) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 2.9 (0.114) |
1.5 (0.059) |
4.7 (0.185) |
16.5 (0.65) |
44.6 (1.756) |
67.4 (2.654) |
58.2 (2.291) |
46.8 (1.843) |
45.4 (1.787) |
34.1 (1.343) |
7.5 (0.295) |
2.2 (0.087) |
331.7 (13.059) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 48.4 (19.06) |
30.1 (11.85) |
25.9 (10.2) |
9.6 (3.78) |
3.2 (1.26) |
0.4 (0.16) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
1.2 (0.47) |
17.5 (6.89) |
47.0 (18.5) |
47.9 (18.86) |
231.2 (91.02) |
| Avg. 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 |
| Avg. 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 |
| Avg. 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
- ↑ http://archive.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=6059
- ↑ "Calculation Information for 1981 to 2010 Canadian Normals Data". Environment Canada. Retrieved July 9, 2013.