Grand Étang, Nova Scotia Explained

Grand Étang is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Inverness County on Cape Breton Island. Grand Étang is noted for its periodic high wind events called Les Suêtes.^[1] ^[2] It is also the location of Nova Scotia's first wind energy project, which was established in 2002.^[3]

Climate

In August 2020, Grand Étang had four days where the temperature did not fall below 20.2 Celsius. On August 12, 2020, the overnight low was 23.3 Celsius.^[4] In 2018, the average daily temperature for August was 21.2 Celsius.^[5] Theoretically, in order to qualify for a humid subtropical climate (Cfa), Grand Étang would need an average daily temperature of 22 Celsius or higher in the warmest month (August) averaged over a 30-year period, and the average temperature in the coldest month would have to be -3 or warmer. Many areas of Nova Scotia are predicted to transition to a humid subtropical climate for the 30-year period of 2071-2100.^[6]

Climate data start in 1994 and 1995.

References

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Notes and References

McIldoon. Ted. Pilon. M.. Examples of Mountain Induced Wind in Atlantic Canada. American Meteorological Society (Conference Proceedings). Aug 15, 2008. 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology. 13 June 2014.
Web site: Live on TV: Winds knocks reporters out of frame. The Weather Network. March 26, 2014. The Weather Network. 13 June 2014.
News: Pottie. Erin. Wind energy project blowing into Nova Scotia. 13 June 2014. Cape Breton Post. Transcontinental. August 3, 2012.
Web site: Daily Data Report for August 2020 - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada. 31 October 2011.
Web site: Daily Data Report for August 2018 - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada. 31 October 2011.
10.1038/sdata.2018.214. Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution. 2018. Beck. Hylke E.. Zimmermann. Niklaus E.. McVicar. Tim R.. Vergopolan. Noemi. Berg. Alexis. Wood. Eric F.. Eric Franklin Wood. Scientific Data. 5. 180214. 30375988. 6207062. 2018NatSD...580214B.