Editing Lloydminster (section)

== Geography ==
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The provincial border runs north to south, falling directly on 50th Avenue (Meridian Avenue) in the centre of Lloydminster. Meridian Avenue north of the Yellowhead Highway (also named 44th Street) remains the main downtown street for stores, offices and businesses, with some also located on the intersecting east–west streets.  Addresses east of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and addresses west of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Alberta. The city is bordered by the [[County of Vermilion River]], Alberta, on the west, the [[Rural Municipality of Britannia No. 502|Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Britannia No. 502]], Saskatchewan, on the northeast and the [[Rural Municipality of Wilton No. 472|R.M. of Wilton No. 472]], Saskatchewan, on the southeast.  The majority of the large retail properties serving the city, including larger stores, gas stations and hotels, are located in its Alberta portion, in particular along the Yellowhead Highway west of Meridian Avenue and along the Alberta side of 50th Avenue south of the Yellowhead Highway.

Lloydminster's distinctive situation is reflected in other legal matters, including its [[time zone]]. Most of Saskatchewan does not observe [[daylight saving time]], instead staying on [[Central Time Zone|Central Standard Time]] year-round. However, Alberta mandates daylight saving time. Lloydminster's charter allows the city to follow Alberta's use of daylight saving time on both sides of the provincial border in order to keep all clocks within the city in synchronization. This has the effect of placing Lloydminster and the surrounding area in the [[Mountain Time Zone]] along with Alberta. During the summer therefore, the entire city is on UTC−06:00—Mountain Daylight Time, which is the same as the rest of Saskatchewan where the time is defined as Central Standard Time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canlii.org/en/sk/laws/stat/rss-1978-c-t-14/latest/part-1/rss-1978-c-t-14-part-1.pdf|last=The Queen's Printer|title=The Time Act 1978|date=26 February 1978|access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref> During the winter, Lloydminster is on Mountain Standard Time with the rest of Alberta, which is UTC−07:00,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canlii.org/en/ab/laws/stat/rsa-2000-c-d-5|last=Alberta Queen's Printer|title=Daylight Saving Time Act, RSA 2000|date=1 January 2007|access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref> and is therefore one hour behind the time in the rest of Saskatchewan.

The provincial line divides the city in two aspects related to communications. Telephones on the Saskatchewan side are assigned to [[area codes 306 and 639]], the two area codes assigned to that province, while land lines on the Alberta side have numbers in the [[area code 780|780]] and [[Area codes 587 and 825|587]] area codes, the two area codes assigned to northern Alberta. Similarly, Saskatchewan addresses have a postal code with a [[postal codes in Canada#Forward sortation areas|forward sortation area]] designation (first three characters) of "S9V", and addresses in Alberta have postal codes beginning with "T9V". All [[postal codes in Canada]] beginning with the letter "S" are assigned to Saskatchewan, and those beginning with "T" belong to Alberta.

=== Climate ===
Lloydminster experiences a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Dfb''), which approaches a [[subarctic climate]] (Köppen ''Dfc'') due to May and September being only marginally above {{convert|10|C}}. Winters are long, cold and dry, while summers are short, warm and moderately wet. Year-round precipitation is fairly low, with an average of {{convert|408|mm|2|abbr=on}}, whilst the dry winters restrict snowfall to {{convert|98|cm|1|abbr=on}}.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Lloydminster was {{convert|38.1|C|1}} on 12 July 2002.<ref name="Lloydminster A"/> The coldest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|-50.0|C|1}} on 13 January 1911.<ref name="January 1911">{{cite web
|url= http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1904-06-01%7C1918-09-30&mlyRange=1904-01-01%7C1918-12-01&StationID=3235&Prov=SK&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=1&Day=9&txtStationName=lloydminster&timeframe=2&Year=1911
|title= Daily Data Report for January 1911
|date= 31 October 2011
|publisher= [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]]
|access-date= 10 July 2016 }}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = [[Lloydminster Airport]], 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1904–present{{efn|Extreme high and low temperatures in the table are from Lloydminster (June 1904 to December 1970), Lloydminster North (January 1971 to June 1976), Lloydminster 12E (July 1976 to March 1982), and [[Lloydminster Airport]] (April 1982 to present).}}
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|width=100
|Jan maximum humidex = 10.4
|Feb maximum humidex = 8.2
|Mar maximum humidex = 18.6
|Apr maximum humidex = 27.1
|May maximum humidex = 34.7
|Jun maximum humidex = 39.0
|Jul maximum humidex = 42.5
|Aug maximum humidex = 38.4
|Sep maximum humidex = 32.8
|Oct maximum humidex = 26.5
|Nov maximum humidex = 16.3
|Dec maximum humidex = 9.5
|year maximum humidex = 42.5
|Jan record high C = 10.6
|Feb record high C = 12.8
|Mar record high C = 18.6
|Apr record high C = 32.8
|May record high C = 36.7
|Jun record high C = 37.8
|Jul record high C = 38.1
|Aug record high C = 37.4
|Sep record high C = 35.0
|Oct record high C = 28.9
|Nov record high C = 19.5
|Dec record high C = 10.0
|year record high C = 38.1
|Jan high C = −9.6
|Feb high C = −6.9
|Mar high C = −1.0
|Apr high C = 9.9
|May high C = 16.7
|Jun high C = 20.7
|Jul high C = 23.1
|Aug high C = 22.4
|Sep high C = 16.5
|Oct high C = 9.1
|Nov high C = −2.6
|Dec high C = −7.9
|year high C = 7.5
|Jan mean C = −14.3
|Feb mean C = −11.7
|Mar mean C = −5.6
|Apr mean C = 4.0
|May mean C = 10.1
|Jun mean C = 14.6
|Jul mean C = 17.0
|Aug mean C = 15.9
|Sep mean C = 10.3
|Oct mean C = 3.4
|Nov mean C = −6.8
|Dec mean C = −12.5
|year mean C = 2.0
|Jan low C = −18.9
|Feb low C = −16.6
|Mar low C = −10.3
|Apr low C = −2.0
|May low C = 3.5
|Jun low C = 8.5
|Jul low C = 10.8
|Aug low C = 9.3
|Sep low C = 4.0
|Oct low C = −2.3
|Nov low C = −11.0
|Dec low C = −17.0
|year low C = −3.5
|Jan record low C = −50.0
|Feb record low C = −48.3
|Mar record low C = −36.7
|Apr record low C = −28.9
|May record low C = −16.7
|Jun record low C = −6.7
|Jul record low C = −3.3
|Aug record low C = −5.0
|Sep record low C = −13.9
|Oct record low C = −24.0
|Nov record low C = −34.4
|Dec record low C = −46.7
|year record low C = −50.0
|Jan chill = −54.6
|Feb chill = −54.5
|Mar chill = −49.8
|Apr chill = −30.3
|May chill = −15.7
|Jun chill = −4.9
|Jul chill = 0.0
|Aug chill = −6.1
|Sep chill = −14.7
|Oct chill = −35.8
|Nov chill = −50.9
|Dec chill = −54.0
|year chill = −54.6
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 15.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 9.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 14.4
|Apr precipitation mm = 26.3
|May precipitation mm = 44.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 70.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 75.3
|Aug precipitation mm = 59.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 42.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 17.8
|Nov precipitation mm = 17.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 14.4
|year precipitation mm = 408.8
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 0.4
|Feb rain mm = 0.2
|Mar rain mm = 1.6
|Apr rain mm = 13.2
|May rain mm = 40.8
|Jun rain mm = 70.6
|Jul rain mm = 75.3
|Aug rain mm = 59.7
|Sep rain mm = 40.5
|Oct rain mm = 11.6
|Nov rain mm = 2.3
|Dec rain mm = 0.5
|year rain mm = 316.7
|snow colour = green
|Jan snow cm = 17.0
|Feb snow cm = 9.8
|Mar snow cm = 13.4
|Apr snow cm = 13.4
|May snow cm = 4.2
|Jun snow cm = 0.0
|Jul snow cm = 0.0
|Aug snow cm = 0.1
|Sep snow cm = 1.8
|Oct snow cm = 6.4
|Nov snow cm = 16.7
|Dec snow cm = 15.3
<!--humidity at 15:00 LST-->
| humidity colour = green
|Jan humidity = 74.2
|Feb humidity = 73.0
|Mar humidity = 67.4
|Apr humidity = 48.2
|May humidity = 42.4
|Jun humidity = 49.6
|Jul humidity = 53.9
|Aug humidity = 50.2
|Sep humidity = 50.0
|Oct humidity = 54.0
|Nov humidity = 73.3
|Dec humidity = 75.9
|year humidity = 59.3
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 9.7
|Feb precipitation days = 7.3
|Mar precipitation days = 8.0
|Apr precipitation days = 7.6
|May precipitation days = 10.5
|Jun precipitation days = 13.2
|Jul precipitation days = 12.2
|Aug precipitation days = 10.5
|Sep precipitation days = 9.0
|Oct precipitation days = 7.1
|Nov precipitation days = 9.4
|Dec precipitation days = 9.8
|year precipitation days = 114.2
|unit rain days = 0.2 mm
|Jan rain days = 0.7
|Feb rain days = 0.1
|Mar rain days = 1.1
|Apr rain days = 4.8
|May rain days = 9.9
|Jun rain days = 13.2
|Jul rain days = 12.2
|Aug rain days = 10.5
|Sep rain days = 8.7
|Oct rain days = 4.9
|Nov rain days = 1.3
|Dec rain days = 0.6
|year rain days= 68.0
|unit snow days = 0.2 cm
|Jan snow days = 9.4
|Feb snow days = 7.4
|Mar snow days = 7.4
|Apr snow days = 3.9
|May snow days = 1.5
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.7
|Oct snow days = 3.0
|Nov snow days = 8.7
|Dec snow days = 9.7
|year snow days = 51.7
|source 1 = [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]]<ref name="Lloydminster A">{{cite web
|url= http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=1920&lang=e&StationName=lloyd&SearchType=Contains&stnNameSubmit=go&dCode=0
|title=Lloydminster A
|date=31 October 2011
|publisher= Environment and Climate Change Canada
|access-date=1 May 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Lloydminster SK">{{cite web
|url= http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=lloydminster&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=1904&Year=2016&Month=7&Day=9&selRowPerPage=25
|title= Lloydminster SK
|publisher= Environment and Climate Change Canada
|access-date= 1 May 2016 |date= 2011-10-31
}}</ref><ref name="Lloydminster AB">{{cite web
|url= http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=lloydminster&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1919&EndYear=1920&Year=2016&Month=7&Day=9&selRowPerPage=25
|title= Lloydminster AB
|publisher= Environment and Climate Change Canada
|access-date= 1 May 2016 |date= 2011-10-31
}}</ref><ref name="Lloydminster North">{{cite web
|url= http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=lloydminster+north&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=2016&Month=7&Day=9&selRowPerPage=25
|title= Lloydminster North
|publisher= Environment and Climate Change Canada
|access-date= 1 May 2016 |date= 2011-10-31
}}</ref><ref name="Lloydminster 12E">{{cite web
|url= http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=lloydminster+12e&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=2016&Month=7&Day=9&selRowPerPage=25
|title= Lloydminster 12E
|publisher= Environment and Climate Change Canada
|access-date= 1 May 2016 |date= 2011-10-31
}}</ref>
|date=1 May 2016
}}