Nipawin gets its name from a Cree word meaning "stand up." It referred to a low-lying spot along the river, now flooded by Codette Lake, where First Nations women and children would camp and wait for the men to arrive.
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Weather in Nipawin
1°
Cloudy
Wind SW 13 km/h, gusts 30 · Humidity 96%
- Tonight -4°
- Fri 2°-6°
- Sat 5°-3°
- Sun 4°0°
- Mon 6°-2°
- Tue 8°-3°
- Wed 5°
Tonight: Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of rain or light snow changing to 30 percent chance of light snow this evening. Fog patches developing near midnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 4. Wind chill minus 9 overnight.
Normal for today: high 2°, low -7°
- 9 h 43 min of daylight, 3 min 58 s shorter than yesterday · sunrise 7:48 a.m., sunset 5:31 p.m.
- Frost likely tonight, low -4°
- Waning gibbous · the Beaver Moon is full Nov 24
- On this day: record high 17° in 1962, record low -20° in 1988
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Forecast for the Nipawin area, observed at Nipawin Airport at 9:25 p.m. Forecast and alerts from Environment and Climate Change Canada; water advisories from the Water Security Agency and the Saskatchewan Health Authority, checked at 9:40 p.m..
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Council- Phone
- 306-862-9866
- Website
- nipawin.com
- Office
- 210 2nd Avenue East
Nipawin SK S0E 1E0 - Box 2134
Nipawin SK S0E 1E0 - Hours
- Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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