Canada · 1991–2020 normal
Dawson City in
December.
Typical December weather in Dawson City: -18.7°C by day, -27.4°C at night, 22 mm of rain over 6.8 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-18.7°C
Typical low-27.4°C
Rain22 mm
Wet days6.8
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 77). Daylight is calculated as 4 h 14 from latitude 64.06°.
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 64.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 4 h 14. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -27.4°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -27.4°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 6943713
- NOAA station
- CA002100402 · DAWSON A
- Station distance
- 14.6 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 22 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.