Kinbrace

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) and a primary school.[3] Few people live in the village, with the population standing at 828,[4][5] although this statistic covers a much larger area than Kinbrace itself.

Kinbrace

Kinbrace Church
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
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 Rob Gibson of the Scottish National Party.

Climate

As with the rest of the British Isles and Scotland, Kinbrace experiences a maritime climate with mild summers and cool winters. It is nonetheless one of the more frost prone locations in the country, with notable temperatures including a minimum of −21.7 °C (−7.1 °F) during March 2001,[6] and a daytime maximum of −10.5 °C (13.1 °F) during November 1985,[7] when a temperature inversion persisted throughout the day.

Climate data for Kinbrace (103 m or 338 ft asl, averages 1971–2000)
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)
Average high °C (°F) 5.2
(41.4)		 5.8
(42.4)		 7.7
(45.9)		 10.1
(50.2)		 13.5
(56.3)		 15.7
(60.3)		 17.9
(64.2)		 17.4
(63.3)		 14.6
(58.3)		 11.4
(52.5)		 7.6
(45.7)		 5.7
(42.3)		 11.1
(52.0)
Average low °C (°F) −1.3
(29.7)		 −1.3
(29.7)		 0.1
(32.2)		 1.4
(34.5)		 3.6
(38.5)		 6.2
(43.2)		 8.7
(47.7)		 8.3
(46.9)		 6.3
(43.3)		 4.0
(39.2)		 1.0
(33.8)		 −0.8
(30.6)		 3.1
(37.6)
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) 111.6
(4.39)		 75.5
(2.97)		 88.2
(3.47)		 61.1
(2.41)		 51.6
(2.03)		 56.8
(2.24)		 63.9
(2.52)		 67.6
(2.66)		 91.5
(3.60)		 103.8
(4.09)		 117.7
(4.63)		 104.5
(4.11)		 993.8
(39.13)
Average precipitation days 17.7 14.0 16.8 13.4 10.4 11.3 10.6 14.3 14.7 16.5 18.4 18.7 153.8
Source: Met Office[8]

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. Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics, data zone S01003968
  5. Population estimate is based on the 2001 Census
  6. "2001 temperature". TORRO.
  7. "1985 Temperature". MetOffice. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012.
  8. "Kinbrace 1971-2000 averages". Met Office. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.


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