Marquette, Manitoba
Marquette | |
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Location of Marquette in Manitoba | |
Coordinates: 50°3′52″N 97°43′58″W / 50.06444°N 97.73278°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Interlake Region |
Census Division | No. 14 |
Government | |
• Governing Body | Rural Municipality of Woodlands Council |
• MP | James Bezan |
• MLA | Trevor King |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Postal Code | R0H 0V0 |
Area code(s) | 204, 431 |
NTS Map | 062I04 |
GNBC Code | GAQFT |
Website | http://www.rmwoodlands.info |
Marquette is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands in the Interlake Region of Manitoba, Canada. It is located approximately 46 kilometres (29 miles) northwest of Winnipeg.[1]
History
[edit]The post office opened in 1871 as Baie St. Paul, changed to Marquette in 1891. The community was first noted as Marquette Station in 1882, named for French-born Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette.[2]
Climate
[edit]Marquette experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb[3]) with warm to hot summers and cold winters.
Climate data for Marquette | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 8 (46) | 9.4 (48.9) | 17.2 (63.0) | 36.1 (97.0) | 37.8 (100.0) | 38 (100) | 35 (95) | 38.5 (101.3) | 37.5 (99.5) | 31 (88) | 23.9 (75.0) | 10.6 (51.1) | 38.5 (101.3) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −12.6 (9.3) | −8.1 (17.4) | −0.9 (30.4) | 10.1 (50.2) | 19.3 (66.7) | 23.3 (73.9) | 25.6 (78.1) | 24.9 (76.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 10.8 (51.4) | −0.9 (30.4) | −9.8 (14.4) | 8.4 (47.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.5 (0.5) | −13.2 (8.2) | −5.8 (21.6) | 4.1 (39.4) | 12.4 (54.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 19.6 (67.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 12.6 (54.7) | 5.6 (42.1) | −4.9 (23.2) | −14.3 (6.3) | 2.9 (37.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −22.3 (−8.1) | −18.2 (−0.8) | −10.7 (12.7) | −1.9 (28.6) | 5.5 (41.9) | 10.9 (51.6) | 13.5 (56.3) | 12.1 (53.8) | 6.7 (44.1) | 0.4 (32.7) | −8.9 (16.0) | −18.8 (−1.8) | −2.6 (27.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −39.5 (−39.1) | −41 (−42) | −33.3 (−27.9) | −27.8 (−18.0) | −9 (16) | −0.5 (31.1) | 2.8 (37.0) | 1.1 (34.0) | −5 (23) | −19 (−2) | −35 (−31) | −39.5 (−39.1) | −41 (−42) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23.3 (0.92) | 18.3 (0.72) | 26.6 (1.05) | 32.7 (1.29) | 57.8 (2.28) | 87.3 (3.44) | 73.1 (2.88) | 70.5 (2.78) | 57 (2.2) | 39.1 (1.54) | 29.6 (1.17) | 23.5 (0.93) | 538.8 (21.21) |
Source: Environment Canada[4] |
Notable people
[edit]- Aganetha Dyck (born 1937), artist
References
[edit]- ^ "Geographical Names of Canada - Querying Distances". nrcan.gc.ca. October 24, 2011. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "Geographical Names of Manitoba" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. 2000. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). University of Melbourne. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
- ^ Environment Canada Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 18 February 2014