Midale | |
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 Midale, Saskatchewan | |
  Midale Location of Midale inSaskatchewan | |
| Coordinates:49°24′N103°24′W / 49.400°N 103.400°W /49.400; -103.400 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Rural Municipalities (R.M.) | Cymri No. 36 |
| Post office Founded inNWT | 1903-08-01 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Allan Hauglum |
| • Federal Electoral DistrictSouris—Moose MountainM.P. | Robert Kitchen |
| • Provincial ConstituencyEstevanM.L.A. | Lori Carr |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.53 km2 (0.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 562 |
| • Density | 368.5/km2 (954/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0C 1S0 |
| Area codes | 306, 639 |
| Highways | Highway 39 |
| Website | www |
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Midale (/ˈmaɪdeɪl/) is a town in theRural Municipality of Cymri No. 36, in theCanadian province ofSaskatchewan. It is located onHighway 39, midway between the cities ofWeyburn andEstevan. It is 160 kilometres (100 mi) south-east ofRegina.
Midale was incorporated as a village in 1907, although the first settlers of the area arrived in 1903.
Almost all of the original settlers had filed on a 160 acre homestead, offered by the Canadian government for men 18 years and older.
After a period where the settlement was known as theHalbrite andMacoun siding, the original suggestion for a name was "Mitchell" after Dr. R.M. Mitchell, who served an area from Estevan toMoose Jaw between 1899 and 1903.[5] The idea had to be abandoned due to an existing community with the same name, so a compromise was made to combine the first two letters of "Mitchell" with the last name of the man credited as the area's first settler, Ole Dale, creating "Midale."[6]
Midale's first hospital opened on March 7, 1949, with PremierT.C. Douglas paying a visit to the community to cut the ribbon.[7]
The town continues to pay tribute to its agricultural and pioneer roots with the annual Midale Threshing Bee.[8]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Midale had a population of510 living in210 of its259 total private dwellings, a change of-15.6% from its 2016 population of604. With a land area of 1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi), it had a population density of314.8/km2 (815.4/sq mi) in 2021.[9]
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Midale has ahumid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).
On July 5, 1937 a maximum temperature of 45 °C (113.0 °F) was recorded, which was, along with that of the village ofYellow Grass, the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada.[11] This record stood for 84 years until June 27, 2021 when it was surpassed byLytton, British Columbia, which reached 46.6 °C (115.9 °F).[12]
| Climate data for Midale, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1923–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) | 17.8 (64.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 33.5 (92.3) | 38.9 (102.0) | 39.4 (102.9) | 45.0 (113.0) | 41.7 (107.1) | 38.0 (100.4) | 33.5 (92.3) | 24.0 (75.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 45.0 (113.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −9.9 (14.2) | −6.1 (21.0) | 0.6 (33.1) | 11.5 (52.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | 22.4 (72.3) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.2 (79.2) | 20.5 (68.9) | 11.7 (53.1) | 0.8 (33.4) | −6.0 (21.2) | 9.6 (49.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −14.7 (5.5) | −10.9 (12.4) | −4.3 (24.3) | 5.2 (41.4) | 11.3 (52.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 18.7 (65.7) | 13.2 (55.8) | 5.4 (41.7) | −4.0 (24.8) | −10.9 (12.4) | 3.7 (38.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −15.7 (3.7) | −9.3 (15.3) | −1.2 (29.8) | 4.5 (40.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.2 (54.0) | 11.2 (52.2) | 5.7 (42.3) | −0.9 (30.4) | −8.6 (16.5) | −15.7 (3.7) | −2.3 (27.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −43.9 (−47.0) | −48.3 (−54.9) | −40.0 (−40.0) | −26.1 (−15.0) | −12.2 (10.0) | −4.4 (24.1) | −1.7 (28.9) | −5.0 (23.0) | −11.1 (12.0) | −22.8 (−9.0) | −34.0 (−29.2) | −44.0 (−47.2) | −48.3 (−54.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 19.1 (0.75) | 18.9 (0.74) | 26.4 (1.04) | 32.2 (1.27) | 69.3 (2.73) | 77.2 (3.04) | 60.9 (2.40) | 45.6 (1.80) | 28.9 (1.14) | 29.4 (1.16) | 25.5 (1.00) | 20.5 (0.81) | 453.9 (17.87) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 1.0 (0.04) | 1.0 (0.04) | 6.7 (0.26) | 18.7 (0.74) | 62.8 (2.47) | 76.9 (3.03) | 60.9 (2.40) | 45.6 (1.80) | 28.9 (1.14) | 19.7 (0.78) | 3.3 (0.13) | 0.1 (0.00) | 325.5 (12.81) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 18.2 (7.2) | 17.9 (7.0) | 20.0 (7.9) | 13.6 (5.4) | 6.5 (2.6) | 0.3 (0.1) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.03 (0.01) | 10.4 (4.1) | 22.2 (8.7) | 20.4 (8.0) | 129.4 (50.9) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.2 mm) | 8.2 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 13.9 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 101.0 |
| Average rainy days(≥ 0.2 mm) | 0.33 | 0.33 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 10.9 | 13.9 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 0.73 | 0.20 | 65.5 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 0.2 cm) | 7.9 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 0.73 | 0.07 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.06 | 1.8 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 37.3 |
| Source:Environment Canada[10][13] | |||||||||||||
Midale offers a variety of recreational venues. The localice rink, Harry O Memorial Arena, is home to the Midale Mustangs of the men's seniorBig 6 Hockey League.[14] A team from Midale has won the Lincoln Trophy four times, once as the Miners in 1961 and three straight years as the Mustangs in the 2000s. The town also has acurling rink, museum, library, ball diamonds, and an outdoorswimming pool.[15]
Twelve kilometres away isMainprize Regional Park, which features an 18-golf course, camping, and swimming. Mainprize is onMcDonald Lake, which is a man-made lake created in 1994 with the building ofRafferty Dam on theSouris River.
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