Canada · 1991–2020 normal
Whitehorse in
February.
Typical February weather in Whitehorse: -7°C by day, -16.8°C at night, 11 mm of rain over 3.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-7°C
Typical low-16.8°C
Rain11 mm
Wet days3.9
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 73). Daylight is calculated as 8 h 55 from latitude 60.72°.
Event window
Long northern nights in February
At 60.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 8 h 55. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in February. Typical nights are -16.8°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in February
The measured night-time normal is -16.8°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 6180550
- NOAA station
- CA002101300 · WHITEHORSE A
- Station distance
- 0.7 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 21 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.