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]
Kinbrace
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|---|---|
 Kinbrace Church | |
  Kinbrace Location within the Sutherland area | |
| OS grid reference | NC862317 |
| • Edinburgh | 162 mi (261 km) |
| • London | 490 mi (789 km) |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Kinbrace |
| Postcode district | KW11 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
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
editLike 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
edit- Angus Ross died in Kinbrace
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ OpenStreetMap and other cartographs
- ^ Ordnance Survey, 1:250,000 scale raster (2010)
- ^ Helmsdale Community website's page on Kinbrace
- ^ "2011 Census results". Highland Council. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "2001 temperature". TORRO. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ "1985 Temperature". MetOffice. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012.
- ^ "Kinbrace Climate". Met Office. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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