Comfort Cove-Newstead
| Comfort Cove-Newstead | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
 Aerial view featuring the fish plant, the major employer of the community. | |
  Comfort Cove-Newstead Location of Comfort Cove-Newstead in Newfoundland | |
| Coordinates: 49°23′57.50″N 54°51′51.09″W / 49.3993056°N 54.8641917°W | |
| Country |
 |
| Province |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 29.83 km2 (11.52 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 407[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code(s) | 709 |
Comfort Cove-Newstead is a small, but picturesque fishing community Located outside Campbellton, on the east coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, (on the Bay of Exploits).
It has a recently renovated town hall, fire department, corner store, with post office, two churches, and other services including a fish processing plant and a vegetable farm.
There are many services such as a playground, town hall, community center, fish plant, fire hall, local store, vegetable farm and more. The kids in this town, along with those from Campbellton, Birchy Bay, Baytona, Loon Bay and Michaels Harbour attend a k-9 school in the Campbellton and high school in Lewisporte.
There are about 244 private dwellings, in Comfort Cove-Newstead, covering a land area of about 29.82 square km.There is a Salvation Army, United Church, & Cull's Point Cemetery there.
Demographics
Comfort Cove-Newstead has a population of 451 as of 2011 a 0% change form the 2006 census.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Comfort Cove-Newstead | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.4 (54.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
22 (72) |
28.2 (82.8) |
32 (90) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.3 (91.9) |
27.5 (81.5) |
23.9 (75) |
20 (68) |
15 (59) |
33.3 (91.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
0.3 (32.5) |
5 (41) |
11.2 (52.2) |
17.2 (63) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.3 (18.9) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−4 (25) |
1.2 (34.2) |
6.4 (43.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
11 (52) |
5.6 (42.1) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
3.8 (38.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−2.8 (27) |
1.6 (34.9) |
6.1 (43) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−8 (18) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −27.2 (−17) |
−32.2 (−26) |
−27.5 (−17.5) |
−14 (7) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
0.6 (33.1) |
3.9 (39) |
−2.2 (28) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−26.1 (−15) |
−32.2 (−26) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 100 (3.94) |
91.7 (3.61) |
99.9 (3.933) |
87.7 (3.453) |
86.6 (3.409) |
81.5 (3.209) |
81.8 (3.22) |
105.1 (4.138) |
94.5 (3.72) |
108.5 (4.272) |
103.7 (4.083) |
102.2 (4.024) |
1,143.1 (45.004) |
| Source: 1961-1990 Environment Canada [2] | |||||||||||||
Coordinates: 49°23′57.50″N 54°51′51.09″W / 49.3993056°N 54.8641917°W
References
- 1 2 "Comfort Cove-Newstead Census Profile". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ↑ Environment Canada—1961–1990. Retrieved 12 October 2012.