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Amherst (Nova Scotia)

Canada
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Amherst (Nova Scotia)

Amherst is a city of 9,400 people (2016) in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Amherst is the county seat and largest population centre in the Cumberland region.

According to Dr. Graham P. Hennessey, "The Micmac name was Nemcheboogwek meaning 'going up rising ground', in reference to the higher land to the east of the Tantramar Marshes. The Acadians who settled here as early as 1672 called the village Les Planches. The village was later renamed Amherst by Colonel Joseph Morse in honour of Lord Amherst, the commander-in-chief of the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War."

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

-2.7°C-12.6
Precipitation: 47.9 mm

Feb

-1.4°C-11.5
Precipitation: 36.1 mm

Mar

2.5°C-6.8
Precipitation: 49.1 mm

Apr

8.8°C-0.6
Precipitation: 62.7 mm

May

15.7°C4.6
Precipitation: 91.7 mm

Jun

20.7°C9.2
Precipitation: 79.6 mm

Jul

24°C12.9
Precipitation: 89 mm

Aug

23.8°C12.5
Precipitation: 74.4 mm

Sep

19.5°C8.9
Precipitation: 98.4 mm

Oct

13.3°C3.6
Precipitation: 97.2 mm

Nov

6.8°C-0.8
Precipitation: 95.9 mm

Dec

1°C-7.7
Precipitation: 64.2 mm
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