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DeutschArcadia, New Brunswick
Arcadia Cambridge-Narrows / Gagetown (formerly) | |
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Village | |
 Gagetown village post office | |
  Arcadia Location within New Brunswick | |
| Coordinates: 45°47′N 66°04′W / 45.79°N 66.07°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Queens |
| Regional service commission | Capital Region |
| Incorporated | January 1, 2023 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Area code | 506 |
| Access Routes |  Route 102 |
Arcadia is a village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms.
History
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Arcadia was incorporated on January 1, 2023 via the amalgamation of the former villages of Cambridge-Narrows and Gagetown as well as the concurrent annexation of adjacent unincorporated areas.[1]
Climate
[edit]Arcadia has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with warm summers, cold winters and plenty of precipitation year-round. Snowfall is frequent in winter.
| Climate data for Arcadia, New Brunswick (1981–2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 34.5 (94.1) | 34.5 (94.1) | 36.1 (97.0) | 37.2 (99.0) | 33.3 (91.9) | 28.3 (82.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 16.0 (60.8) | 37.4 (99.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) | −1.9 (28.6) | 2.6 (36.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 19.7 (67.5) | 13.0 (55.4) | 6.0 (42.8) | −0.4 (31.3) | 11.0 (51.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.6 (16.5) | −6.6 (20.1) | −1.8 (28.8) | 4.8 (40.6) | 11.3 (52.3) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 14.7 (58.5) | 8.6 (47.5) | 2.5 (36.5) | −4.4 (24.1) | 6.3 (43.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −13.0 (8.6) | −11.3 (11.7) | −6.1 (21.0) | 0.2 (32.4) | 5.8 (42.4) | 10.8 (51.4) | 14.2 (57.6) | 13.9 (57.0) | 9.7 (49.5) | 4.2 (39.6) | −1.0 (30.2) | −8.2 (17.2) | 1.6 (34.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34.4 (−29.9) | −37.8 (−36.0) | −31.1 (−24.0) | −15.0 (5.0) | −5.0 (23.0) | −0.6 (30.9) | 4.4 (39.9) | 3.3 (37.9) | −3.9 (25.0) | −8.9 (16.0) | −20.6 (−5.1) | −33.3 (−27.9) | −37.8 (−36.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 104.6 (4.12) | 77.3 (3.04) | 100.7 (3.96) | 89.4 (3.52) | 105.8 (4.17) | 86.1 (3.39) | 96.9 (3.81) | 86.5 (3.41) | 86.1 (3.39) | 105.7 (4.16) | 101.8 (4.01) | 98.4 (3.87) | 1,139.2 (44.85) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 67.4 (26.5) | 44.8 (17.6) | 52.2 (20.6) | 14.5 (5.7) | 0.4 (0.2) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.6 (0.2) | 13.5 (5.3) | 41.1 (16.2) | 234.5 (92.3) |
| Average precipitation days | 13.8 | 11.4 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 167.6 |
| Source: Environment Canada[2] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
[edit]- John Montgomery was born in Gagetown. He owned the tavern (Montgomery's Tavern in Toronto, Ontario) which served as a base for the rebels during the Upper Canada Rebellion. His parents were loyalists who fled from New York following the American revolution.
- Annie Babbitt Bulyea (1863-1934) was born in Gagetown. She was a Canadian temperance leader.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. August 30, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "Climate normals for Gagetown 1981–2010". Environment Canada. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
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