Milton Highlights is at the intersection of Main Shore Road and Lakeside Road, just north of Route 304.[1] It is 2km (1.2mi) north of the Town of Yarmouth.[3]
Climate
Climate is from Yarmouth Airport located 4.4km (2.7mi) to the southeast.
The area has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb), closely bordering on an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb), typical of climates surrounded by the sea but close to large continents such as southern Norway and coastal Hokkaido but with latitude variations. Being near the -3°C isotherm in the average of the coldest month (east of the city), causing that in peninsular areas like Yarmouth Bar and Cape Forchu are between a transition band for the oceanic climates (Cfb).[4][5] Winters are cool and rainy with a January average of −2.6°C (27.3°F) though owing to strong maritime influences, temperatures below −20°C (−4°F) are very rare, and the average high never drops to below freezing at any point in the year.[6][7] During this period of time, the weather can be unsettled and cloudy due to the Nor'easters coming up the coast from the southwest.[7] As a result, the area averages only 68–100 hours of sunshine from December to February or 25%–34% of possible sunshine.[6] The average annual snowfall is 204.7cm (80.6in), which can come from Nor'easters from the southwest with a maximum snow depth of 9cm (3.5in) in January, owing to its mild winters, among the mildest in Canada east of the Rockies.[7][6]
The area's summers are cool due to the strong coastal influence from the sea which keeps summer temperatures cool, meaning temperatures above 30°C (86°F) are very rare.[7] The average temperature in the warmest month, August is 17.5°C (63.5°F). Spring and fall are transitional seasons in which falls are warmer than spring since the waters are at the warmest temperatures in fall and the coldest during early spring.[7] Precipitation is significant, averaging 1,290.1mm (50.79in) a year, with July and August the driest months on average and November the wettest month on average. An outstanding feature is the late-fall to early-winter precipitation maximum, owing to the combination of intense storm activity from November to January and relatively more-stable summers, with thunderstorm activity here much less frequent than in the U.S. Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and points southward. Yarmouth averages 1,898.3 hours of sunshine or 41.2% of possible sunshine with summer being the sunniest and winter being the cloudiest.[8] Yarmouth averages 191 days of fog each year.[9]
The highest temperature ever recorded was 32.5°C (90.5°F) on July 16, 2013.[6] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −24.4°C (−11.9°F) on February 14, 1894.[10]
In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Milton Highlands had a population of 320 living in 142 of its 149 total private dwellings, a change of -6.7% from its 2016 population of 343. With a land area of 1.48km2 (0.57sqmi), it had a population density of 216.2/km2 (560.0/sqmi) in 2021.[2]
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