Saint-Prime | |
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Motto(s): Je cultive, Dieu fait croître ("I cultivate, God makes it grow") | |
Coordinates: 48°35′N 72°20′W / 48.58°N 72.33°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
RCM | Le Domaine-du-Roy |
Settled | 1862 |
Constituted | June 29, 1968 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Bernard Généreux |
• Federal riding | Lac-Saint-Jean |
• Prov. riding | Roberval |
Area | |
• Total | 160.70 km2 (62.05 sq mi) |
• Land | 147.16 km2 (56.82 sq mi) |
Population (2011)
[3] | |
• Total | 2,758 |
• Density | 18.7/km2 (48/sq mi) |
• Pop (2006–11) | 3.6% |
• Dwellings | 1,216 |
Time zone | UTC−5 ( EST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−4 ( EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website |
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Saint-Prime is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, located within the regional county municipality of Le Domaine-du-Roy. The municipality had a population of 2,758 as of the Canada 2011 Census, and a land area of 147.16 km2.
Population trend: [4]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,094 (total dwellings: 1,216)
Mother tongue: [5]
Saint-Prime has a humid continental climate [6] that is some way above the subarctic classification due to its warm summers. Winters, however, are very cold and the seasonal differences are severe, although not extreme by Canadian or Quebec standards. Precipitation levels are high, bringing much snowfall in winter, but are by no means extreme compared to adjacent areas.
Climate data for Saint-Prime | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 14 (57) |
11 (52) |
17.5 (63.5) |
29 (84) |
34 (93) |
37 (99) |
36.5 (97.7) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.5 (95.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
21 (70) |
11.5 (52.7) |
37 (99) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −10.1 (13.8) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
10.1 (50.2) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.0 (1.4) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
2.3 (36.1) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −23.1 (−9.6) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
3.5 (38.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −44.5 (−48.1) |
−41.5 (−42.7) |
−37.5 (−35.5) |
−27 (−17) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
2 (36) |
−1 (30) |
−7 (19) |
−10 (14) |
−26.5 (−15.7) |
−44.5 (−48.1) |
−44.5 (−48.1) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 55.3 (2.18) |
46.1 (1.81) |
50.0 (1.97) |
57.7 (2.27) |
65.4 (2.57) |
75.9 (2.99) |
118.3 (4.66) |
79.2 (3.12) |
84.2 (3.31) |
64.3 (2.53) |
72.7 (2.86) |
64.2 (2.53) |
833.2 (32.80) |
Source: [7] |