Muncho Lake is a highway services community in northern British Columbia, Canada, located at Mile 462 on Highway 97, the Alaska Highway, within Muncho Lake Provincial Park and on the south end of the lake of the same name.[1] The community consists almost entirely of travel and tourism-related businesses such as lodging, game outfitting, restaurants, gas stations and fishing outfitting.
Muncho Lake | |
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Coordinates: 58°56′17″N 125°46′03″W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Climate data for Muncho Lake | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
23.9 (75.0) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.5 (90.5) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.8 (91.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
34.0 (93.2) |
Average high °C (°F) | −8.9 (16.0) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
6.1 (43.0) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
6.2 (43.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −14.1 (6.6) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
1.5 (34.7) |
7.2 (45.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
0.4 (32.7) |
Average low °C (°F) | −19.2 (−2.6) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
0.4 (32.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
6.2 (43.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−16.0 (3.2) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −50.4 (−58.7) |
−45.0 (−49.0) |
−40.0 (−40.0) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−32.5 (−26.5) |
−40.0 (−40.0) |
−48.0 (−54.4) |
−50.4 (−58.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.4 (1.51) |
25.9 (1.02) |
19.0 (0.75) |
17.4 (0.69) |
43.8 (1.72) |
63.3 (2.49) |
92.1 (3.63) |
71.4 (2.81) |
45.0 (1.77) |
36.6 (1.44) |
31.5 (1.24) |
28.0 (1.10) |
512.3 (20.17) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.5 (0.02) |
0.3 (0.01) |
0.3 (0.01) |
5.4 (0.21) |
37.8 (1.49) |
62.8 (2.47) |
92.1 (3.63) |
71.0 (2.80) |
43.1 (1.70) |
17.6 (0.69) |
2.1 (0.08) |
0.4 (0.02) |
333.3 (13.12) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 38.0 (15.0) |
25.6 (10.1) |
18.6 (7.3) |
12.0 (4.7) |
6.0 (2.4) |
0.5 (0.2) |
0 (0) |
0.4 (0.2) |
1.9 (0.7) |
18.9 (7.4) |
29.4 (11.6) |
27.6 (10.9) |
179.0 (70.5) |
Average precipitation days | 10.1 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 13.3 | 16.2 | 20.7 | 17.3 | 16.0 | 13.5 | 11.4 | 8.8 | 148.3 |
Average rainy days | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 2.6 | 12.6 | 16.2 | 20.7 | 17.3 | 15.6 | 8.4 | 0.96 | 0.21 | 95.2 |
Average snowy days | 9.9 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 0.12 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.81 | 6.2 | 10.8 | 8.5 | 56.2 |
Source: Environment Canada[2] |
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