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This is the current conditions weather report for Simcoe. The report was made 46 minutes ago, at 07:00 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 22.2 kilometers per hour / 14 miles per hour with gusts up to 22.2 kilometers per hour / 14 miles per hour from the west (280°). The temperature was -4°C / 25°F, with a dew-point at -4°C / 25°F. The temperature felt like -10°C / 14°F. The relative humidity was 69%.

Simcoe is a community of approx. 16,000 people in southwestern Ontario, near Lake Erie, and is the administrative centre (seat) of Norfolk County, Ontario. It is located at the junction of Highway 3, at Highway 24, due south of Brantford, Ontario, and accessible to Hamilton by nearby Highway 6. The town is also located northwest of Nanticoke in Haldimand County.

Simcoe is well known for annual community events including the Friendship Festival, Panorama, and most notably, the Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show, held every October.

Shopping:
There are all types of shopping experiences in Simcoe, from dollar stores, inexpensive strip malls like the White Horse Plaza at the southern end of town, middle-of-the-road department stores and shopping malls like Zellers and the Simcoe Town Centre, and high-end downtown stores like Budds and Rudy Halmo Jewelers. There are also specialty stores such as a British Bakery called Nicholl's Bakery which produces baked goods using recipes from the British Isles. The town has fiercely debated the arrival of Wal-Mart, which has only recently been approved to begin construction of a store in the northeast corner of the town.

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