Alta Vista, Saskatchewan Weather
Alta Vista, Saskatchewan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, ECCC alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Alta Vista in 22-21-22-W2.
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About Alta Vista, Saskatchewan
Alta Vista is a organized hamlet in 22-21-22-W2, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Alta Vista is located at 50.8032°N, 104.9676°W. It observes Central Standard Time — no DST (UTC−6). Postal code area: S2V.
Alta Vista rests upon the expansive, open plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut against the sky. It lies 46.4 km north-north-west of Regina, SK (from Regina, SK: bearing 327°T), and is situated 15.3 km north-west of Craven. The land around Alta Vista holds a quiet gravity, shaped by the steady, persistent flow of the Arm River as it carves a path toward the water. Here, the light at dusk settles long and amber over the grasses, turning the earth into a vast, cooling basin that absorbs the heat of the day. To the east, the shoreline of Last Mountain Lake offers a sudden, reflective reprieve from the dry, wind-swept stretches of the interior. The air carries a sharp, clean clarity that intensifies as the sun dips below the level plains, leaving the landscape to settle into a deep, resonant stillness. Life in Alta Vista follows the turning of the seasons, rooted in a history of agricultural persistence that defines the local economy. The proximity of Last Mountain House Provincial Park, located about 7 km away, serves as a reminder of the earlier fur trade era, preserving a portion of the past within the tall, swaying prairie stalks. Residents maintain a steady, practical connection to the surrounding fields, where the work of the day is measured by the rising and setting sun. In the cool quiet of an evening, one might notice how the silence of the plains seems to amplify the distant, rhythmic hum of the wind moving across the surface of Last Mountain Lake.
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| Location | Alta Vista, 22-21-22-W2, Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates | 50.803175°N, 104.967594°W |
| Timezone | Central Standard Time — no DST (UTC−6) |
| Postal FSA | S2V |
| Area Code | 306, 639 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Alta Vista, Saskatchewan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alta Vista, Saskatchewan, 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 Alta Vista includes coordinates 50.803175°N, 104.967594°W, situated in 22-21-22-W2. Postal FSA: S2V. Telephone area code: 306, 639. Timezone: Central Standard Time — no DST (UTC−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.