Canada · 1991–2020 normal
Dawson City in
October.
Typical October weather in Dawson City: 0.7°C by day, -8.6°C at night, 28 mm of rain over 7.1 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high0.7°C
Typical low-8.6°C
Rain28 mm
Wet days7.1
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 77). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 35 from latitude 64.06°.
Event window
Long northern nights in October
At 64.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 9 h 35. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in October. Typical nights are -8.6°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in October
The measured night-time normal is -8.6°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
- Strong coverage · 28 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.