Photo: Arthur Chapman from Australia · CC BY 2.0Few Canadian towns have colder winter nights than Yukon, Unorganized
High summer brings afternoon highs near 22.9°C. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of almost every Canadian town. Some 52°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Expect about 239 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Pelly Ranch/Fort Selkirk station, 58 km east.
A year in Yukon, Unorganized at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Yukon, Unorganized’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Yukon beside it.
What a year in Yukon, Unorganized feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 239 days, 20°C on 66
The frost season runs August to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 90 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 331 mm of rain and snow a year
July is the wettest month and April the driest. Some 82 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 121 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from September to April, most of all in November (about 28 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Yukon, Unorganized
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to May.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. In heating terms, homes need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Yukon, Unorganized’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 2 June, has passed; autumn’s first, near 19 August, ends a season of about 77 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jul, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Yukon, Unorganized’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pelly Ranch/Fort Selkirk
Pelly Ranch/Fort Selkirk is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 58 km east |
| Station altitude | 445 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −55.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | McQuesten, 107 km |
How Yukon, Unorganized compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Yukon.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Yukon, Unorganized’s own would show the same figures). No closer place has figures: this one lies 156 km from Yukon, Unorganized.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon, Unorganized Pelly Ranch/Fort Selkirk | 22.9°C | −29.0°C | 331 mm |
| Dawson 156 km · Dawson | 23.1°C about the same | −29.8°C 0.8°C colder | 319 mm |
Yukon, Unorganized weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −19.2°C | −29.0°C | −24.1°C | 21 mm | 21 cm |
| February | −11.5°C | −24.6°C | −17.9°C | 17 mm | 17 cm |
| March | −2.0°C | −19.4°C | −10.7°C | 12 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 8.8°C | −6.2°C | 1.3°C | 11 mm | 6 cm |
| May | 16.6°C | 1.3°C | 8.9°C | 23 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.0°C | 6.9°C | 14.5°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.9°C | 9.0°C | 16.0°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 20.0°C | 6.3°C | 13.2°C | 46 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 13.0°C | 0.8°C | 7.0°C | 32 mm | 3 cm |
| October | 2.2°C | −6.3°C | −2.1°C | 23 mm | 15 cm |
| November | −11.1°C | −19.2°C | −15.2°C | 28 mm | 28 cm |
| December | −16.5°C | −26.2°C | −21.4°C | 20 mm | 20 cm |
| Year | 3.8°C | −8.9°C | −2.6°C | 331 mm | 121 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (5.7°C), July least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in February: a low of −55.0°C in 2008 and a high of 12.0°C in 1992.
Where Yukon, Unorganized’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Pelly Ranch/Fort Selkirk, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Yukon, Unorganized’s climate
How warm does Yukon, Unorganized get in summer?
Afternoons average 22.9°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Yukon, Unorganized get in winter?
Expect nights around −29.0°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Yukon, Unorganized get?
The yearly total is about 331 mm. July gets 61 mm, the most of any month; April gets 11 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Yukon, Unorganized itself?
Yes, measured at Pelly Ranch/Fort Selkirk, which sits inside Yukon, Unorganized’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Yukon, Unorganized →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).