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Weather extremes
How extreme does Whitehorse's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Whitehorse has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Whitehorse has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 35°F hotter than a normal May afternoon in Whitehorse (typical high near 58°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 54°F colder than a normal January night in Whitehorse (typical low near -3°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Whitehorse usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 1.3 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical December's snow in one day (Whitehorse averages about 9 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Whitehorse's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — May's 93°F is about 35°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 20 years of daily observations at Whitehorse A, a weather station, about 1 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.