Claydon is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of the community of Robsart, 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of the town of Eastend, and 31 kilometres (19 mi) west of Frontier 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 | |
|---|---|
 Claydon Post Office and house, Main Street | |
  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 |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
Education
editClaydon no longer has a school, but those who live in or near Claydon are now bused to the neighbouring village of Frontier.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Claydon (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
- ^ Environment Canada [1], retrieved 24 July 2017
External links
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