Yarmouth | |
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| Municipality of the District of Yarmouth | |
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| Motto: Justice and Prudence | |
 Location of the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth | |
| Coordinates:43°57′00″N66°01′58″W / 43.95000°N 66.03278°W /43.95000; -66.03278[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| County | Yarmouth |
| Incorporated | April 17, 1879 |
| Electoral Districts Federal | Acadie—Annapolis |
| Provincial | Yarmouth |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Municipal Seat | Hebron |
| Area (2021)[2] | |
| • Land | 584.69 km2 (225.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 10,067 |
| • Density | 17.2/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-2021 |  2.3% |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (ADT) |
| Area code | 902 |
| Dwellings | 4,981 |
| Median Income* | $44,323CDN |
| Website | Official website |
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Yarmouth, officially named theMunicipality of the District of Yarmouth, is adistrict municipality inYarmouth County,Nova Scotia, Canada.Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as amunicipal district.
The district municipality forms the western part of Yarmouth County. It is one of three municipal units in the county, the other two being theTown of Yarmouth and theMunicipality of the District of Argyle.
In the2021 Canadian census conducted byStatistics Canada, the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth had a population of 10,067 living in 4,430 of its 5,072 total private dwellings, a change of2.3% from its 2016 population of 9,845. With a land area of 584.69 km2 (225.75 sq mi), it had a population density of17.2/km2 (44.6/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
There are 530Indigenous Canadians, other thanMétis, which accounts for 5.4% of the population. There are 200 (2.0%)Mi'kmaq (nos}, 130 (1.3%)First Nations (nos}, 85 (0.9%) North American Indigenous (nos}, 70 (0.7%)Inuit (nos}, 20 (0.2%)Blackfoot (nos}, 15 (0.2%)Mohawk, and 10 (0.1%)Ojibway.[2] |
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Climate data is fromYarmouth Airport which is located 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the geographical coordinates of the municipality.
Yarmouth has ahumid continental climate (Köppen:Dfb), closely bordering on anoceanic climate (Köppen:Cfb), typical of climates surrounded by the sea but close to large continents such assouthern Norway andcoastal Hokkaido but with latitude variations. Being near the -3 °C isotherm in the average of the coldest month (east of the city), causing that in peninsular areas like Yarmouth Bar andCape Forchu are between a transition band for theoceanic climates (Cfb).[5][6] Winters are cool and rainy with a January average of −2.6 °C (27.3 °F) though owing to strong maritime influences, temperatures below −20 °C (−4 °F) are very rare, and the average high never drops to below freezing at any point in the year.[7][8] During this period of time, the weather can be unsettled and cloudy due to theNor'easters coming up the coast from the southwest.[8] As a result, Yarmouth averages only 68–100 hours of sunshine from December to February or 25%–34% of possible sunshine.[7] The average annual snowfall is 204.7 cm (80.6 in), which can come from Nor'easters from the southwest with a maximum snow depth of 9 cm (3.5 in) in January, owing to its mild winters, among the mildest in Canada east of the Rockies.[8][7]
Yarmouth's summers are cool due to the strong coastal influence from the sea which keeps summer temperatures cool, meaning temperatures above 30 °C (86 °F) are very rare.[8] The average temperature in the warmest month, August is 17.5 °C (63.5 °F). Spring and fall are transitional seasons in which falls are warmer than spring since the waters are at the warmest temperatures in fall and the coldest during early spring.[8] Precipitation is significant, averaging 1,290.1 mm (50.79 in) a year, with July and August the driest months on average and November the wettest month on average. An outstanding feature is Yarmouth's late-fall to early-winter precipitation maximum, owing to the combination of intense storm activity from November to January and relatively more-stable summers, with thunderstorm activity here much less frequent than in the U.S. Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and points southward. Yarmouth averages 1,898.3 hours of sunshine or 41.2% of possible sunshine with summer being the sunniest and winter being the cloudiest.[9] Yarmouth averages 191 days offog each year.[10]
The highest temperature ever recorded in Yarmouth was 32.5 °C (90.5 °F) on July 16, 2013.[7] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −24.4 °C (−11.9 °F) on February 14, 1894.[11]
| Climate data forYarmouth (Yarmouth Airport) WMO ID: 71603; coordinates43°49′37″N66°05′17″W / 43.82694°N 66.08806°W /43.82694; -66.08806 (Yarmouth Airport); elevation: 42.9 m (141 ft); 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1870−present[c] | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record highhumidex | 15.8 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 24.8 | 27.9 | 38.0 | 37.7 | 37.3 | 36.4 | 30.2 | 26.1 | 19.5 | 38.0 |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 18.3 (64.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 24.8 (76.6) | 30.4 (86.7) | 32.5 (90.5) | 30.3 (86.5) | 27.7 (81.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 19.3 (66.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 32.5 (90.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) | 1.3 (34.3) | 4.0 (39.2) | 8.8 (47.8) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.1 (64.6) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.6 (70.9) | 18.8 (65.8) | 13.6 (56.5) | 9.0 (48.2) | 4.4 (39.9) | 11.4 (52.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.6 (27.3) | −2.5 (27.5) | 0.4 (32.7) | 5.0 (41.0) | 9.8 (49.6) | 14.0 (57.2) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 14.7 (58.5) | 9.8 (49.6) | 5.5 (41.9) | 0.8 (33.4) | 7.5 (45.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) | −6.2 (20.8) | −3.3 (26.1) | 1.2 (34.2) | 5.7 (42.3) | 9.8 (49.6) | 13.2 (55.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 6.1 (43.0) | 1.9 (35.4) | −2.9 (26.8) | 3.6 (38.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.3 (−6.3) | −24.4 (−11.9) | −15.7 (3.7) | −10.8 (12.6) | −1.8 (28.8) | 2.1 (35.8) | 6.4 (43.5) | 5.8 (42.4) | 1.3 (34.3) | −3.2 (26.2) | −9.8 (14.4) | −16.6 (2.1) | −24.4 (−11.9) |
| Record lowwind chill | −32.6 | −32.0 | −28.5 | −22.5 | −4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −6.9 | −19.5 | −28.2 | −32.6 |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 123.6 (4.87) | 102.8 (4.05) | 110.7 (4.36) | 101.4 (3.99) | 99.1 (3.90) | 88.7 (3.49) | 78.0 (3.07) | 88.1 (3.47) | 95.9 (3.78) | 119.3 (4.70) | 143.4 (5.65) | 139.1 (5.48) | 1,290.1 (50.79) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 69.1 (2.72) | 60.0 (2.36) | 82.5 (3.25) | 92.7 (3.65) | 98.5 (3.88) | 88.9 (3.50) | 81.8 (3.22) | 89.8 (3.54) | 97.5 (3.84) | 124.1 (4.89) | 133.8 (5.27) | 97.8 (3.85) | 1,116.5 (43.96) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 63.6 (25.0) | 46.5 (18.3) | 30.8 (12.1) | 9.5 (3.7) | 0.2 (0.1) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.4 (0.2) | 10.0 (3.9) | 43.7 (17.2) | 204.7 (80.6) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.2 mm) | 20.5 | 16.4 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 12.1 | 15.1 | 19.7 | 167.2 |
| Average rainy days(≥ 0.2 mm) | 8.5 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 128.9 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 0.2 cm) | 15.5 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 10.2 | 53.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 1500LST) | 77.8 | 74.1 | 70.3 | 70.3 | 73.4 | 76.7 | 78.7 | 77.1 | 75.4 | 73.0 | 74.5 | 77.3 | 74.9 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 76.0 | 103.5 | 141.6 | 178.8 | 213.0 | 217.6 | 227.6 | 220.0 | 186.8 | 165.6 | 97.6 | 70.3 | 1,898.3 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 26.3 | 35.0 | 38.4 | 44.4 | 46.7 | 47.1 | 48.6 | 50.8 | 49.6 | 48.4 | 33.5 | 25.3 | 41.2 |
| Source:Environment and Climate Change Canada[7][12][13] (extreme minimum February 1894)[11] (sun from 1981-2010)[9] | |||||||||||||
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