Atwater, Saskatchewan
Atwater (2016 population: 30) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183 and Census Division No. 5. The village is approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of the city of Melville on Highway 629.
History
Atwater incorporated as a village on August 12, 1910.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Atwater had a population of 27 living in 11 of its 14 total private dwellings, a change of -10% from its 2016 population of 30. With a land area of 1.84 km (0.71 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.7/km (38.0/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Atwater recorded a population of 30 living in 14 of its 16 total private dwellings, a -3.3% change from its 2011 population of 31. With a land area of 1.79 km (0.69 sq mi), it had a population density of 16.8/km (43.4/sq mi) in 2016.
Climate
| Climate data for Atwater | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7 (45) |
11.5 (52.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
31 (88) |
38 (100) |
37 (99) |
38.5 (101.3) |
37 (99) |
35 (95) |
33 (91) |
20 (68) |
14 (57) |
38.5 (101.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.9 (10.6) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
10 (50) |
18.1 (64.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.1 (75.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
10.3 (50.5) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.1 (1.2) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
−6 (21) |
3.8 (38.8) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18 (64) |
17 (63) |
11.3 (52.3) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
2.1 (35.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −22.2 (−8.0) |
−17.9 (−0.2) |
−11 (12) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
4.4 (39.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−19 (−2) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −42 (−44) |
−42 (−44) |
−34 (−29) |
−27 (−17) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−3 (27) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−8 (18) |
−22 (−8) |
−37 (−35) |
−43 (−45) |
−43 (−45) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 17.7 (0.70) |
12.4 (0.49) |
19.2 (0.76) |
19.3 (0.76) |
53.9 (2.12) |
73 (2.9) |
80.6 (3.17) |
58.7 (2.31) |
49.4 (1.94) |
25.2 (0.99) |
17.2 (0.68) |
18.6 (0.73) |
445.1 (17.52) |
| Source: Environment Canada | |||||||||||||