Canada · 1991–2020 normal
Whitehorse in
January.
Typical January weather in Whitehorse: -11.2°C by day, -19.5°C at night, 21 mm of rain over 6.2 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-11.2°C
Typical low-19.5°C
Rain21 mm
Wet days6.2
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 73). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 28 from latitude 60.72°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 60.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 28. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -19.5°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -19.5°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 · 20 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.