Scott, Saskatchewan

Town in Saskatchewan, Canada

52°17′35″N 108°57′04″W / 52.293°N 108.951°W / 52.293; -108.951CountryCanadaProvinceSaskatchewanCensus division13Rural Municipality Tramping LakePost office FoundedN/AIncorporated (Village)N/AIncorporated (Town)N/AGovernment

• MayorEric Schell • Town ManagerStacy Hawkins • Governing bodyScott Town CouncilArea

• Total4.33 km² (1.67 sq mi)Population

(2021)

• Total74 • Density17/km² (44/sq mi)Time zoneCSTPostal code

S0K 4A0

Area code306HighwaysHighway 374

Scott is a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380, Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 74 at the 2021 Canada Census. The town is located south of the junction of Highway 14 and Highway 374, approximately 10 km west of the town of Wilkie. Scott was known as Saskatchewan's smallest town, but is now second smallest to Fleming.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Scott had a population of 74 living in 39 of its 44 total private dwellings, a change of 1.4% from its 2016 population of 73. With a land area of 4.17 km² (1.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 17.7/km² (46.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

Attractions

Scott Experimental Farm

Climate

Scott experiences a Humid continental climate, with long, extremely cold winters and warm summers. The highest temperature ever recorded in Scott was 39.4 °C (103 °F) on 16 June 1933 and 16 August 2003.^[2] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −50.6 °C (−59 °F) on 15 February 1936.^[2]

Climate data for Scott, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1911–present
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	8.0 (46.4)	11.7 (53.1)	23.4 (74.1)	33.3 (91.9)	37.2 (99.0)	39.4 (102.9)	37.8 (100.0)	39.4 (102.9)	36.1 (97.0)	30.6 (87.1)	20.0 (68.0)	13.3 (55.9)	39.4 (102.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−10.0 (14.0)	−7.6 (18.3)	−0.4 (31.3)	10.2 (50.4)	17.7 (63.9)	21.7 (71.1)	23.7 (74.7)	23.6 (74.5)	17.2 (63.0)	9.7 (49.5)	−3.3 (26.1)	−8.9 (16.0)	7.8 (46.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−15.5 (4.1)	−12.9 (8.8)	−5.5 (22.1)	3.8 (38.8)	10.8 (51.4)	15.3 (59.5)	17.1 (62.8)	16.5 (61.7)	10.4 (50.7)	3.3 (37.9)	−7.8 (18.0)	−13.9 (7.0)	1.8 (35.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−20.9 (−5.6)	−18.2 (−0.8)	−10.4 (13.3)	−2.7 (27.1)	3.8 (38.8)	8.8 (47.8)	10.5 (50.9)	9.4 (48.9)	3.6 (38.5)	−3.1 (26.4)	−12.1 (10.2)	−18.9 (−2.0)	−4.2 (24.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−48.3 (−54.9)	−50.6 (−59.1)	−41.7 (−43.1)	−30.6 (−23.1)	−12.5 (9.5)	−6.7 (19.9)	−2.8 (27.0)	−2.8 (27.0)	−13.3 (8.1)	−27.8 (−18.0)	−36.7 (−34.1)	−44.4 (−47.9)	−50.6 (−59.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	14.9 (0.59)	9.1 (0.36)	14.4 (0.57)	21.6 (0.85)	36.3 (1.43)	61.8 (2.43)	72.1 (2.84)	45.7 (1.80)	36.0 (1.42)	17.9 (0.70)	22.2 (0.87)	14.0 (0.55)	366.2 (14.42)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	0.8 (0.03)	0.1 (0.00)	1.1 (0.04)	14.1 (0.56)	34.8 (1.37)	61.8 (2.43)	72.1 (2.84)	45.7 (1.80)	32.9 (1.30)	12.2 (0.48)	2.0 (0.08)	0.1 (0.00)	277.7 (10.93)
Average snowfall cm (inches)	16.8 (6.6)	10.2 (4.0)	14.3 (5.6)	9.0 (3.5)	1.5 (0.6)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	1.7 (0.7)	5.8 (2.3)	20.8 (8.2)	14.8 (5.8)	94.9 (37.4)
Mean monthly sunshine hours	88.7	119.3	163.8	230.6	267.6	263.5	308.6	290.4	196.4	161.0	80.7	60.8	2,238.6
Percent possible sunshine	34.6	42.8	44.6	55.3	55.0	52.6	61.2	63.8	51.5	48.7	30.5	28.2	47.4
Source: Environment Canada^[2]

References

^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Scott CDA". Canadian Climate Normals 1981−2010. Environment Canada. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.