Claydon | |
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Location of Claydon in
Saskatchewan | |
Coordinates: 49°12′10″N 108°54′07″W / 49.20267°N 108.90193°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Region | South West Saskatchewan |
Census division | 4 |
Rural Municipality | Frontier |
Established | 1917 |
Village Incorporated | N/A |
Government | |
• Administrator | Barb Webber |
• Governing body | Frontier No. 19 |
Area | |
• Total | 500.488 km2 (193.239 sq mi) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 10 |
• Density | 0.020/km2 (0.052/sq mi) |
Postal code | S0N 0M0 |
Area code | 306 |
Highways | Highway 18 |
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Claydon is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is located 60 km southeast of the community of Robsart, 50 km south of the town of Eastend, and 31 km West of Frontier, Saskatchewan on Highway 18. Very little remains of the former community: only a post office that was also formerly a grocery store, a community hall, and ball diamonds.
Claydon no longer has a school, but those who live in or near Claydon are now bused to the neighboring village of Frontier which has a school that covers Kindergarten to Grade 12 serving approximately 200 students.
Climate data for Claydon (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 13 (55) |
19 (66) |
20.5 (68.9) |
30 (86) |
34 (93) |
38 (100) |
37.5 (99.5) |
39.5 (103.1) |
35.5 (95.9) |
31 (88) |
22 (72) |
13 (55) |
39.5 (103.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
3.7 (38.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17.8 (64.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −10 (14) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
5.4 (41.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
4.7 (40.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.0 (5.0) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
3.9 (39.0) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −39.5 (−39.1) |
−39 (−38) |
−31.7 (−25.1) |
−22.2 (−8.0) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−2 (28) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−26 (−15) |
−34 (−29) |
−42.5 (−44.5) |
−42.5 (−44.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.1 (0.71) |
12.8 (0.50) |
21.5 (0.85) |
25.4 (1.00) |
59.2 (2.33) |
69.8 (2.75) |
50.3 (1.98) |
35.2 (1.39) |
40.9 (1.61) |
17.5 (0.69) |
18.2 (0.72) |
16.0 (0.63) |
385.0 (15.16) |
Source: Environment Canada [5] |