The climate of Yellowknife (Canada)
Yellowknife is the capital of the province of North West Territories.
The city is located on the north coast of the Great Slave Lake about
400 kilometers from the Arctic Circle. Yellowknife is the most
northerly located city in Canada. The city was founded when gold was
found here in 1935. Nowadays diamonds are also excavated here. The
city has a semi-arid sub-arctic climate with about 300 millimeters of
annual rain. The mountain range west of the city prevents rain from
reaching Yellowknife. Because the city is situated on the water it
gets a frost-free summer which makes it possible to grow crops here.
During the summer temperatures are 20 degrees Celsius on average.
Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records.
They are an average for Yellowknife:
average maximum
temperature (°C)
average
minimum
temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine
per day
average days with
precipitation
per month
average
mm precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January
-24
-32
2
9
n/a
February
-20
-30
4
8
n/a
March
-13
-25
6
7
n/a
April
-1
-12
9
5
n/a
May
10
0
11
7
n/a
June
18
8
13
9
n/a
July
21
12
12
11
n/a
August
18
10
9
13
n/a
September
10
3
5
9
n/a
October
1
-4
2
10
n/a
November
-11
-19
2
11
n/a
December
-20
-28
1
10
n/a
= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
Disclaimer
The information at this site was carefully composed from climate data collected by meteorological services, meteorological offices, climate experts and other sources. “More climate info” is based on statistics, climate data and personal experience. No rights can be derived from this site. Weather has no memory and gives no guaranties. Nothing is as changeable and unpredictable as the weather. The authors of this site feel in no way responsible for any damages caused by misinterpretation or other circumstances that may influence your holiday or trip to a certain destination. We provide information, it’s up to the reader to use it to it’s benefit.
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= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm
