winters are long, cold and dry, while its summers are short, but very warm and relatively wet. The coldest month is January, with a mean temperature of , while the warmest is July, with a mean temperature of . The driest month is February, in which an average of of precipitation falls, while the wettest month is July, which brings an average of . Annual average precipitation is . The highest temperature ever recorded in Moose Jaw was on 5 July 1937. The coldest temperature ever recorded was on 4 February 1907. Government Moose Jaw City Council consists of an elected mayor and 6 city councilors. From 1881 to 1903 the community was represented by a Town Council and thereafter by City Council. Moose Jaw City Hall, on the 2nd floor at the old Moose Jaw Post Office (c. 1911), has been council's home since the late 1960s Provincially the city is represented by two MLA and federally by one MP. Neighbourhoods Caribou Heights Churchill Park City View Crescent View Earnscliffe Fairview Grand View Hill Crest Iron Bridge Kingsway Park Lynbrook Heights Mooscana Morningside New Currie Palliser Heights Parkdale Boulevard Pleasant View Prairie Heights Old 96 Regal Heights River Park River View Ross Park Rothesay Park Slater Sunningdale Sunnyside Tapley University University Heights Victoria Heights Wellesley Park WestHeath Westmore Westmount West Park These neighbourhoods are divided into four community associations: South Hill, East Side, North West and Sunningdale/VLA/West Park. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Moose Jaw had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Economy Moose Jaw is a city of 33,000 at the intersection of the Trans Canada Highway and Highway 2. A Snowbird aerobatic jet and Mac the Moose are large roadside attractions on the No. 1 highway at the tourist info center. Moose Jaw Trolley Company (1912) offers trolley tours of Moose Jaw. Temple Garden's Mineral Spa, Tunnels of Moose Jaw, and History of Transportation Western Development Museum. are major sites of interest. The juncture of Moose Jaw and Thunder Creek produced the best source of water for steam engines, and Moose Jaw became the CPR divisional point. Large-capacity concrete grain terminals are replacing the smaller grain elevators that were numerous along the highway, sentinels