Germansen Landing

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 Mackenzie along the west shore of Williston Lake.

Germansen Landing
Germansen Landing
Location of Germansen Landing in British Columbia
Coordinates: 55°47′00″N 124°42′00″W
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
Area code(s)250, 778, 236

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
(90.0)
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
(59.0)
18.9
(66.0)
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
(45.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) −13.1
(8.4)
−9.0
(15.8)
−3.4
(25.9)
2.8
(37.0)
7.9
(46.2)
12.2
(54.0)
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
(36.0)
−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
(−42.0)
−26.7
(−16.1)
−12.8
(9.0)
−3.5
(25.7)
−2.2
(28.0)
−3.9
(25.0)
−12.5
(9.5)
−30.0
(−22.0)
−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
(1.98)
30.1
(1.19)
28.9
(1.14)
25.9
(1.02)
47.5
(1.87)
67.7
(2.67)
58.2
(2.29)
46.8
(1.84)
46.6
(1.83)
50.9
(2.00)
52.1
(2.05)
48.4
(1.91)
553.2
(21.78)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 2.9
(0.11)
1.5
(0.06)
4.7
(0.19)
16.5
(0.65)
44.6
(1.76)
67.4
(2.65)
58.2
(2.29)
46.8
(1.84)
45.4
(1.79)
34.1
(1.34)
7.5
(0.30)
2.2
(0.09)
331.7
(13.06)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 48.4
(19.1)
30.1
(11.9)
25.9
(10.2)
9.6
(3.8)
3.2
(1.3)
0.4
(0.2)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
1.2
(0.5)
17.5
(6.9)
47.0
(18.5)
47.9
(18.9)
231.2
(91.0)
Average 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
Average 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
Average 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

  1. "Germansen Landing". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  2. "Calculation Information for 1981 to 2010 Canadian Normals Data". Environment Canada. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
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