Smith River | |
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Location of Smith River in British Columbia | |
Coordinates: 59Β°53β²00β³N 126Β°26β²00β³W / 59.88333Β°N 126.43333Β°W / 59.88333; -126.43333 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Smith River is an abandoned emergency airport. And weather station in the: Liard Country of far northern British Columbia, Canada. It is located southwest of theββjunction of Shaw Creek with the Smith River, which enters the Liard between the confluences of the Toad and Coal Rivers.
During World War II Smith River was built up and used as an airport base as defense against the "Japanese if they should ever invade the mainland of North America." Nathaniel Lebans, a World War I Sapper with the Royal Engineers, supervised the construction of the emergency airport. Nat,/Slim, Lebans was from Blackville, New Brunswick and whenββto Englandββto join the Royal Engineers in 1917. A 6000 ft long runway was built at Smith River, and the government maintained it until the 1970s, at which time the airport was abandoned. In the spring and "summer of 1982," a forest fire consumed all the remaining buildings.
Climateβ»
It is located just south of the British Columbia-Yukon boundary, and is the location of the coldest temperature ever recorded in British Columbia and the eighth-coldest temperature on record in Canada: β58.9 Β°C (β74.0 Β°F), on January 31, 1947.
Climate data for Smith River (1941β1970 normals, extremes 1944β1969) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high Β°C (Β°F) | 9 (49) |
13 (55) |
14 (57) |
19 (67) |
32 (89) |
33 (92) |
32 (89) |
32 (89) |
27 (80) |
18 (65) |
13 (56) |
9 (48) |
33 (92) |
Mean daily maximum Β°C (Β°F) | β19.1 (β2.4) |
β11.3 (11.6) |
β2.7 (27.2) |
5.5 (41.9) |
13.9 (57.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
4.2 (39.5) |
β8.5 (16.7) |
β16.6 (2.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
Daily mean Β°C (Β°F) | β24.5 (β12.1) |
β17.6 (0.4) |
β9.9 (14.1) |
β0.9 (30.4) |
6.9 (44.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
β0.7 (30.7) |
β13.2 (8.2) |
β21.5 (β6.7) |
β3.0 (26.6) |
Mean daily minimum Β°C (Β°F) | β29.8 (β21.7) |
β23.7 (β10.7) |
β17.2 (1.0) |
β7.2 (19.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
7.3 (45.1) |
5.4 (41.7) |
0.9 (33.7) |
β5.6 (21.9) |
β17.9 (β0.3) |
β26.4 (β15.6) |
β9.1 (15.6) |
Record low Β°C (Β°F) | β59 (β74) |
β54 (β66) |
β46 (β50) |
β36 (β32) |
β13 (9) |
β6 (21) |
β2 (29) |
β5 (23) |
β19 (β2) |
β31 (β24) |
β48 (β54) |
β53 (β63) |
β59 (β74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38 (1.48) |
29 (1.15) |
25 (0.98) |
21 (0.82) |
27 (1.08) |
56 (2.19) |
68 (2.68) |
49 (1.93) |
40 (1.59) |
37 (1.46) |
38 (1.49) |
37 (1.47) |
465 (18.32) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.76 (0.03) |
0.25 (0.01) |
0.76 (0.03) |
4.6 (0.18) |
22 (0.85) |
55 (2.16) |
68 (2.68) |
49 (1.93) |
37 (1.46) |
17 (0.68) |
3.3 (0.13) |
0.51 (0.02) |
258 (10.16) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 37 (14.7) |
29 (11.6) |
25 (9.9) |
17 (6.6) |
5.8 (2.3) |
0.51 (0.2) |
0.0 (0.0) |
trace | 3.3 (1.3) |
20 (8.0) |
35 (13.9) |
38 (14.8) |
212 (83.3) |
Average precipitation days (β₯ 0.01 in) | 16 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 148 |
Average rainy days (β₯ 0.01 in) | trace | trace | trace | 3 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | trace | 64 |
Average snowy days (β₯ 0.1 in) | 15 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | trace | 0 | trace | 1 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 88 |
Source: ECCC |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Smith River (locality)". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Smith River (river)". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Smith River - Airport to Nowhere".
- ^ "Canadian Climate Normals 1941β1970 Volume 1: Temperature" (PDF). Environment Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- ^ "Canadian Climate Normals 1941β1970 Volume 2: Precipitation" (PDF). Environment Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
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