Sawdy, Alberta Weather

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About Sawdy, Alberta

Sawdy is a former post office in 2-68-23-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Sawdy is located at 54.8500°N, 113.3964°W. It observes Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6). Postal code area: T9S.

Sawdy occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises to meet the wide, northern sky, defined by the steady presence of the Athabasca River. It lies 16.5 km north-north-west of Athabasca, AB (from Athabasca, AB: bearing 334°T), and is situated 7.9 km west-south-west of Big Coulee. The terrain around Sawdy holds the scent of damp earth and cooling poplar, a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate work of water and wind. To the west, the hidden depression of Mud Lake gathers the shadows of evening, while the Réserve nationale de faune de Meanook waits twenty-seven kilometers away as a sanctuary for the winged and the wild. Sunlight here has a peculiar, translucent quality, catching the frost on the tall grasses at dusk until the fields seem to hold their own pale fire. Life in Sawdy persists through a cycle of seasonal labor, where the heavy machinery of agriculture and resource management hums against the backdrop of the boreal transition. The inhabitants carry on with a stoic attention to the land, their days marked by the shifting demands of harvest and the arrival of the first hard freeze. Even as the modern world pushes against the edges of the woods, the spirit of Sawdy remains anchored to the rhythms of the Athabasca River, which continues its long, dark journey toward the north. There is a profound stillness in the air here, a clarity that settles over the homesteads when the wind dies down and the silence of the wilderness presses in close.

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Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 · Public domain · Sector code can (Canada / Northern U.S.) · Auto-updates on page reload

About This Sawdy, Alberta Weather Page

This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sawdy, Alberta, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.

Location data for Sawdy includes coordinates 54.850000°N, 113.396389°W, situated in 2-68-23-W4. Postal FSA: T9S. Telephone area code: 403, 587, 780, 825, 368. Timezone: Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6).

Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.