Kinbrace

Kinbrace
Kinbrace Church
Kinbrace is located in Sutherland
Kinbrace
Kinbrace
Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid referenceNC862317
• Edinburgh162 mi (261 km)
• London490 mi (789 km)
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKinbrace
Postcode districtKW11
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
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58°15′36″N 3°56′27″W / 58.260095°N 3.940845°W / 58.260095; -3.940845

Kinbrace is a small village in Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies at the junction of the A897 and B871[1] and is 17 miles (27 km) from Helmsdale by road.[2] The village has a station on the Far North Line (also named Kinbrace).[3] Few people live in the village, with the population standing at 51 in the 2011 Census.[4]

The village is represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, where it is represented by Jamie Stone of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. It is represented in the Scottish Parliament by Maree Todd of the Scottish National Party.

Climate

Like most of the United Kingdom, Kinbrace experiences an oceanic climate (Cfb) with mild summers and cool winters. Nonetheless, it is one of the more frost prone low-lying locations in Scotland, with notable temperatures including a minimum of −21.7 °C (−7.1 °F) during March 2001,[5] and a daytime maximum of −10.5 °C (13.1 °F) during November 1985,[6] when a temperature inversion persisted throughout the day. It is one of the few low-lying locations in Scotland which have recorded frost in each summer month.

Climate data for Kinbrace (103 m or 338 ft asl, averages 1991–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 12.3
(54.1) 		13.4
(56.1) 		17.7
(63.9) 		23.6
(74.5) 		27.1
(80.8) 		28.6
(83.5) 		29.5
(85.1) 		29.1
(84.4) 		25.4
(77.7) 		20.8
(69.4) 		16.1
(61.0) 		13.0
(55.4) 		29.5
(85.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 5.8
(42.4) 		6.5
(43.7) 		8.4
(47.1) 		11.2
(52.2) 		14.1
(57.4) 		16.2
(61.2) 		18.2
(64.8) 		17.8
(64.0) 		15.6
(60.1) 		11.9
(53.4) 		8.4
(47.1) 		5.8
(42.4) 		11.7
(53.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 2.5
(36.5) 		2.9
(37.2) 		4.4
(39.9) 		6.7
(44.1) 		9.0
(48.2) 		11.7
(53.1) 		13.7
(56.7) 		13.4
(56.1) 		11.4
(52.5) 		8.1
(46.6) 		5.0
(41.0) 		2.4
(36.3) 		7.6
(45.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −0.8
(30.6) 		−0.8
(30.6) 		0.5
(32.9) 		2.2
(36.0) 		4.0
(39.2) 		7.3
(45.1) 		9.3
(48.7) 		9.0
(48.2) 		7.1
(44.8) 		4.3
(39.7) 		1.6
(34.9) 		−1.0
(30.2) 		3.6
(38.4)
Record low °C (°F) −20.3
(−4.5) 		−24.8
(−12.6) 		−21.7
(−7.1) 		−10.2
(13.6) 		−6.3
(20.7) 		−4.0
(24.8) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		−2.6
(27.3) 		−5.1
(22.8) 		−9.4
(15.1) 		−19.6
(−3.3) 		−25.5
(−13.9) 		−25.5
(−13.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 98.8
(3.89) 		84.7
(3.33) 		73.0
(2.87) 		64.2
(2.53) 		59.4
(2.34) 		59.7
(2.35) 		54.0
(2.13) 		70.2
(2.76) 		71.5
(2.81) 		111.2
(4.38) 		102.6
(4.04) 		99.5
(3.92) 		948.9
(37.36)
Average precipitation days 18.6 16.4 15.8 13.5 12.9 12.6 12.5 13.5 13.9 17.3 18.0 18.0 182.9
Mean monthly sunshine hours 38.8 68.8 106.1 150.9 192.3 146.8 135.2 128.7 114.4 81.9 48.8 27.6 1,240.1
Source: Met Office[7]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap and other cartographs
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey, 1:250,000 scale raster (2010)
  3. ^ Helmsdale Community website's page on Kinbrace
  4. ^ "2011 Census results". Highland Council. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  5. ^ "2001 temperature". TORRO. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  6. ^ "1985 Temperature". MetOffice. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Kinbrace Climate". Met Office. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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