February Weather in Haines Junction Canada

Daily high temperatures increase by 10°F, from 16°F to 26°F, rarely falling below -8°F or exceeding 41°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from -2°F to 2°F, rarely falling below -30°F or exceeding 24°F.

For reference, on July 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Haines Junction typically range from 43°F to 68°F, while on December 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from -5°F to 11°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on February. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Voyvozh, Russia (3,873 miles away); Sorsk, Russia (4,091 miles); and Shamanka, Russia (3,945 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Haines Junction (view comparison).

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The month of February in Haines Junction experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 61% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is February 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 41% of the time.

For reference, on December 5, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 66%, while on June 12, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 45%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Haines Junction, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 16% and ending it at 13%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on October 9, and its lowest chance is 10% on March 26.

Over the course of February in Haines Junction, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 14% to 11%.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during February in Haines Junction is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.2 inches.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during February in Haines Junction is decreasing, starting the month at 6.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.9 inches or falls below 2.2 inches, and ending the month at 4.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.6 inches or falls below 1.3 inches.

Over the course of February in Haines Junction, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 2 hours, 34 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 5 minutes, 29 seconds, and weekly increase of 38 minutes, 26 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 7 hours, 51 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 10 hours, 25 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Haines Junction is 10:28 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 18 minutes earlier at 9:10 AM on February 29.

The earliest sunset is 6:19 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 16 minutes later at 7:35 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Haines Junction during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:36 AM and sets 19 hours, 10 minutes later, at 11:46 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 11:20 AM and sets 5 hours, 37 minutes later, at 4:57 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for February 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Haines Junction is essentially constant during February, remaining around 0% throughout.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Haines Junction is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 5.9 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on September 15, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.8 miles per hour, while on November 10, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.3 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Haines Junction throughout February is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 52% on February 1.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Haines Junction typically lasts for 1.9 months (57 days), from around June 17 to around August 13, rarely starting before May 31 or after July 6, and rarely ending before July 20 or after September 1.

The month of February in Haines Junction is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Haines Junction are essentially constant during February, remaining around 0°F throughout.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Haines Junction is increasing during February, rising by 1.1 kWh, from 0.7 kWh to 1.8 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Haines Junction are 60.752 deg latitude, -137.511 deg longitude, and 1,985 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Haines Junction contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 568 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,033 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (6,430 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (9,206 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Haines Junction is covered by trees (90%), within 10 miles by trees (72%) and sparse vegetation (12%), and within 50 miles by trees (38%) and sparse vegetation (22%).