Claydon, Saskatchewan | |
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— Hamlet — | |
Claydon Post Office and house, Main Street. | |
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Coordinates: | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Region | South West Saskatchewan |
Census division | 4 |
Rural Municipality | Frontier |
Established | 1917 |
Village Incorporated | N/A |
Government | |
• Former Mayor | |
• Administrator | Barb Webber |
• Governing body | Frontier No. 19 |
Area | |
• Total | 500.488 km2 (193.2 sq mi) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 10 |
Postal code | S0N 0M0 |
Area code(s) | 306 |
Highways | Highway 18 |
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Claydon was once a small hamlet in Frontier Rural Municipality No. 19, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located 60 km southeast of the hamlet of Robsart and 50 km south of the town of Eastend on Highway 18. Very little remains of the former community, only a home used as a post office and a couple of other buildings still stand as of 2007.
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Claydon, like so many other smaller communities throughout Saskatchewan, has struggled to maintain a sturdy population causing it to become a ghost town.
In 2006 Claydon had a population of 0 living in 0 dwellings, a 0% increase from 1996. The village had a land area of 0 km2 (0 sq mi) and a population density of 0 /km2 (0 /sq mi).
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 | |||||||||||||
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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) |
Average high °C (°F) | −6.5 (20.3) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
3.5 (38.3) |
11.9 (53.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.6 (11.1) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
11 (52) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
4.3 (39.7) |
Average low °C (°F) | −16.7 (1.9) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
4 (39) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11 (52) |
10.5 (50.9) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−1 (30) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
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) |
Precipitation mm (inches) | 18.4 (0.724) |
12.6 (0.496) |
21 (0.83) |
24.8 (0.976) |
57.6 (2.268) |
59.7 (2.35) |
52.4 (2.063) |
31.9 (1.256) |
38.2 (1.504) |
17.4 (0.685) |
18.3 (0.72) |
21.5 (0.846) |
373.9 (14.72) |
Source: Environment Canada[5] |
Robsart | Eastend | Shaunavon | ||
Rangeview | Loomis | |||
Claydon | ||||
Divide | Staynor Hall | Port of Climax |
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