Canada · 1991–2020 normal
Dawson City in
January.
Typical January weather in Dawson City: -21.3°C by day, -29.8°C at night, 22 mm of rain over 6.1 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-21.3°C
Typical low-29.8°C
Rain22 mm
Wet days6.1
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 77). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 20 from latitude 64.06°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 64.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 5 h 20. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -29.8°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -29.8°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 6943713
- NOAA station
- CA002100402 · DAWSON A
- Station distance
- 14.6 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 24 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.