Waskesiu Lake
| Waskesiu Lake | |
|---|---|
 Waskesiu Lake | |
| Location | Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates | 53°56′22.26″N 106°9′39.2″W / 53.9395167°N 106.160889°WCoordinates: 53°56′22.26″N 106°9′39.2″W / 53.9395167°N 106.160889°W |
| Basin countries | Canada |
Waskesiu Lake (/ˌwɑːskəˈsuː/) is a lake located roughly in the centre of Prince Albert National Park. The lake's name, meaning "red deer," or elk, in the Cree language, is also the name of the resort town northwest of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on its eastern shore. Waskesiu Lake is by far the most developed lake in the park, and features a variety of recreational facilities along all sides of its shoreline, including two public camp grounds: Red Deer and Beaver Glen.[1] The lake has one island off its western shore known as King Island (formerly Devil's Island) after park founder William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Climate
Waskesiu experiences a borderline humid continental/subarctic climate (Köppen Dfb/Dfc). The highest temperature ever recorded in Waskesiu was 36.5 °C (98 °F) on 5 June 1988.[2] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −48.3 °C (−55 °F) on 21 January 1935.[2]
| Climate data for Waskesiu Lake, 1981−2010 normals, extremes 1934–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.1 (53.8) |
15.0 (59) |
19.0 (66.2) |
27.8 (82) |
33.5 (92.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
36.1 (97) |
35.0 (95) |
31.7 (89.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
36.5 (97.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
19.9 (67.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −16.5 (2.3) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−6.1 (21) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
1.6 (34.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −21.1 (−6) |
−17.3 (0.9) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
2.8 (37) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −48.3 (−54.9) |
−47.0 (−52.6) |
−40.0 (−40) |
−30.0 (−22) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
−7.8 (18) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−3.9 (25) |
−10.0 (14) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−35.0 (−31) |
−42.2 (−44) |
−48.3 (−54.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15.6 (0.614) |
16.0 (0.63) |
21.7 (0.854) |
27.0 (1.063) |
46.9 (1.846) |
71.3 (2.807) |
86.1 (3.39) |
64.7 (2.547) |
57.9 (2.28) |
31.3 (1.232) |
19.0 (0.748) |
22.2 (0.874) |
479.7 (18.886) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.02 (0.0008) |
0.3 (0.012) |
5.5 (0.217) |
18.5 (0.728) |
45.6 (1.795) |
71.3 (2.807) |
86.1 (3.39) |
64.7 (2.547) |
57.5 (2.264) |
22.5 (0.886) |
3.5 (0.138) |
0.0 (0) |
375.4 (14.78) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 13.5 (5.31) |
17.1 (6.73) |
15.6 (6.14) |
8.5 (3.35) |
1.3 (0.51) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.4 (0.16) |
8.8 (3.46) |
15.6 (6.14) |
23.5 (9.25) |
104.2 (41.02) |
| Source: Environment Canada[3][2][4] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Prince Albert National Park Front Country Camp grounds". Parks Canada. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Waskesiu Lake". Environment Canada. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Waskesiu Lake". Environment Canada. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Waskesiu Lake". Environment Canada. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.