Clair, Saskatchewan
Clair is a community in Saskatchewan, Canada located north of the provincial capital city of Regina, Saskatchewan.[3] It is also 116.26 miles (187.10 km) east of Saskatoon.[3] Prince Albert is 132.68 miles (213.53 km) north west of Clair and Yorkton is 101.93 miles (164.04 km) south east of Clair.[3] It is on Saskatchewan Highway 5. Clair is located in the Saskatchewan prairies.
Clair | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Clair Location in Saskatchewan Clair Location in Canada | |
| Coordinates: 52°1′N 104°4′W / 52.017°N 104.067°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Provinces and territories of Canada | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | Zordon |
| Rural Municipalities (R.M.) | Lakeview No. 337 |
| Post Office founded | 1906-04-01 |
| Government | |
| • Federal Electoral District M.P. | (2008) |
| • Provincial Constituency of M.L.A. | (2007) |
| Elevation | 2,134 m (7,001 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 25 |
| • Summer (DST) | CST |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 5 |
| Railways | CNR, CPR |
| Waterways | Quill Lakes, Fishing Lake |
| [1][2] | |
History edit
Clair is a railroad town founded in the early 1900s. It was named after a train conductor's daughter. At one point Clair was home to 200 people, a general store, post office, and hotel as well as many small businesses.
Clair was also a grain hub in the 1900s up until the late 1990s when all the grain elevators in the area were either torn down or sold to private owners.
Today Clair is a hamlet and has no operating businesses within its borders
Climate edit
Clair experiences dry cold winters with temperatures reaching below -40 degrees Celsius and hot summers with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius or more. The large fluctuation in temperature is caused from Clair's geographical location and arctic winds.
| Climate data for Clair (Clair, Saskatchewan, normals 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high humidex | 5.9 | 7.6 | 19.2 | 30.6 | 36.0 | 42.7 | 43.9 | 42.0 | 38.7 | 30.0 | 18.6 | 10.7 | 43.9 |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.8 (55.0) | 22.8 (73.0) | 33.3 (91.9) | 37.2 (99.0) | 40.6 (105.1) | 40.0 (104.0) | 38.6 (101.5) | 35.3 (95.5) | 32.2 (90.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 14.4 (57.9) | 40.6 (105.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −10.1 (13.8) | −7.2 (19.0) | −0.3 (31.5) | 11.2 (52.2) | 18.2 (64.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.9 (76.8) | 18.3 (64.9) | 10.2 (50.4) | −1.2 (29.8) | −8 (18) | 8.6 (47.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.5 (4.1) | −12.5 (9.5) | −5.4 (22.3) | 4.7 (40.5) | 11.2 (52.2) | 15.8 (60.4) | 18.5 (65.3) | 17.6 (63.7) | 11.4 (52.5) | 4.0 (39.2) | −6 (21) | −13.2 (8.2) | 2.6 (36.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.7 (−5.3) | −17.8 (0.0) | −10.5 (13.1) | −1.9 (28.6) | 4.1 (39.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 11.6 (52.9) | 10.3 (50.5) | 4.5 (40.1) | −2.3 (27.9) | −10.7 (12.7) | −18.3 (−0.9) | −3.5 (25.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −48.9 (−56.0) | −50 (−58) | −43.3 (−45.9) | −28.3 (−18.9) | −12.8 (9.0) | −3.3 (26.1) | −0.6 (30.9) | −2.8 (27.0) | −11.1 (12.0) | −25.6 (−14.1) | −39.4 (−38.9) | −43.9 (−47.0) | −50 (−58) |
| Record low wind chill | −60.9 | −59.0 | −50.1 | −38.3 | −16.2 | −7.7 | 0.0 | −4.8 | −14.5 | −33.4 | −46.4 | −57.6 | −60.9 |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.8 (0.58) | 8.8 (0.35) | 15.6 (0.61) | 22.7 (0.89) | 43.0 (1.69) | 65.8 (2.59) | 60.3 (2.37) | 42.6 (1.68) | 35.4 (1.39) | 18.8 (0.74) | 13.0 (0.51) | 12.9 (0.51) | 353.7 (13.93) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.9 (0.04) | 0.6 (0.02) | 3.3 (0.13) | 15.5 (0.61) | 40.2 (1.58) | 65.8 (2.59) | 60.3 (2.37) | 42.6 (1.68) | 34.1 (1.34) | 10.6 (0.42) | 1.7 (0.07) | 1.1 (0.04) | 276.7 (10.89) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 17.5 (6.9) | 10.2 (4.0) | 14.6 (5.7) | 8.0 (3.1) | 2.3 (0.9) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.2 (0.5) | 8.3 (3.3) | 13.4 (5.3) | 15.9 (6.3) | 91.3 (35.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 10.3 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 109.7 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 0.74 | 0.56 | 1.9 | 5.9 | 9.2 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 66.7 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 11.7 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 0.78 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.56 | 3.0 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 55.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73.7 | 73.8 | 68.4 | 47.0 | 42.3 | 48.9 | 50.6 | 47.0 | 48.0 | 53.6 | 69.5 | 73.7 | 58.0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 106.2 | 131.1 | 173.1 | 222.0 | 263.0 | 266.8 | 308.8 | 269.6 | 192.5 | 157.0 | 91.3 | 86.5 | 2,267.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 41.2 | 46.9 | 47.1 | 53.3 | 54.1 | 53.4 | 61.4 | 59.3 | 50.5 | 47.4 | 34.4 | 35.6 | 48.7 |
| Source: Environment Canada[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Industry edit
Clair is located in the Saskatchewan prairies and has a huge industry in grain farming. Wheat, Canola and Oats are some of the most common types of grains grown in the area. Livestock farms are also present in the area around Clair. A major railway line runs parallel to Clair and carries grain and other materials across the Canadian prairies. Highway 5 also runs parallel to Clair. Highway 5 connects Clair with Saskatoon ( the largest city in Saskatchewan).
Train crash edit
On October 7, 2014, A CN train hauling dangerous goods derailed. Three westbound locomotives heading to Saskatoon from Winnipeg were hauling 100 cars of mixed freight when 26 went off the tracks, six carrying dangerous goods. Provincial hazardous materials crews were dispatched to work with first responders already at the scene. Approximately 50 residences of Clair and surrounding farms were evacuated and Highway 5 was shut down. No one was hurt when the train crashed.
Notable people edit
Sister cities edit
- Tyumen, Russia (1992)
- Khanty–Mansi, Russia (1995)
- Yamalo-Nenets, Russia (1997)
- Jalisco, Mexico (1999)
- Alaska, United States (2002)
- Saxony, Germany (2002)
- Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine (2004)
- Lviv, Ukraine (2005)
See also edit
- List of airports in Saskatchewan
- List of cities in Canada
- List of lieutenant governors of Saskatchewan
- List of premiers of Saskatchewan
- List of rivers of Saskatchewan
- List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
- List of Saskatchewan general elections
- List of Saskatchewan leaders of the opposition
- List of towns in Saskatchewan
- Symbols of Saskatchewan
References edit
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters[permanent dead link]
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, retrieved October 28, 2008
- ^ a b c Clair is home to the east west wall which once separated eastern and western Canada "Mapquest". Retrieved June 29, 2010.
- ^ "Clair INT'L A". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010. Environment Canada. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ "Clair SRC". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010. Environment Canada. Retrieved May 12, 2014.