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Spring Weather in Dawson City Canada

Daily high temperatures increase by 53°F, from 13°F to 66°F, rarely falling below -6°F or exceeding 76°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 50°F, from -11°F to 39°F, rarely falling below -35°F or exceeding 47°F.

For reference, on July 4, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Dawson City typically range from 46°F to 73°F, while on January 14, the coldest day of the year, they range from -18°F to -2°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring in Dawson City

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay-40°F-40°F-20°F-20°F0°F0°F20°F20°F40°F40°F60°F60°F80°F80°FWinterSummerMar 113°FMar 113°F-11°F-11°FMay 3166°FMay 3166°F39°F39°FApr 135°FApr 135°F7°F7°FMay 153°FMay 153°F28°F28°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average spring temperatures. 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.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring in Dawson City

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummerNowNowfrigidfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablecool
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Tosontsengel, Mongolia (4,048 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Dawson City (view comparison).

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The spring in Dawson City experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 61% to 56%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 55% on May 25.

The clearest day of the spring is May 25, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 45% of the time.

For reference, on December 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 72%, while on May 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 45%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring in Dawson City

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummerDec 628%Dec 628%Mar 139%Mar 139%May 3144%May 3144%Apr 139%Apr 139%May 141%May 141%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Dawson City, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 6% and ending it at 20%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 30% on July 11, and its lowest chance is 5% on March 11.

Over the course of the spring in Dawson City, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 0% to 20%, 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 6% to 0%.

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring in Dawson City

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay0%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%WinterSummerMar 115%Mar 115%May 3120%May 3120%Apr 15%Apr 15%May 110%May 110%NowNowsnowrainmixed
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

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

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the spring in Dawson City is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.0 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at 1.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.4 inches or falls below 0.4 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring in Dawson City

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay0.0 in0.0 in0.5 in0.5 in1.0 in1.0 in1.5 in1.5 in2.0 in2.0 in2.5 in2.5 in3.0 in3.0 in3.5 in3.5 inWinterSummerMar 10.0 inMar 10.0 inMay 311.3 inMay 311.3 inApr 10.1 inApr 10.1 inMay 10.4 inMay 10.4 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

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 the spring in Dawson City is decreasing, starting the season at 1.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.7 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the season at 0.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.1 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Average Monthly Snowfall in the Spring in Dawson City

Average Monthly Snowfall in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay0 in0 in1 in1 in2 in2 in3 in3 in4 in4 in5 in5 in6 in6 inWinterSummerMar 11.8 inMar 11.8 inMay 310.1 inMay 310.1 inApr 11.3 inApr 11.3 inMay 10.6 inMay 10.6 inNowNow
The average snowfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average rainfall.

Over the course of the spring in Dawson City, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 9 hours, 47 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 6 minutes, 27 seconds, and weekly increase of 45 minutes, 10 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 10 hours, 16 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 20 hours, 3 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring in Dawson City

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrWinterSummer12 hr, 14 minMar 1912 hr, 14 minMar 19nightnightdayday20 hr, 3 minMay 3120 hr, 3 minMay 3116 hr, 56 minMay 116 hr, 56 minMay 1NowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Dawson City is 9:22 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 5 hours, 7 minutes earlier at 4:14 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 7:38 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 4 hours, 40 minutes later at 12:18 AM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Dawson City during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 3:47 AM and sets 21 hours, 5 minutes later, at 12:51 AM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 12:11 PM and sets 4 hours, 10 minutes later, at 4:21 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Spring in Dawson City

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM2 AMWinterSummer4:14 AM4:14 AM12:18 AMMay 3112:18 AMMay 319:22 AM9:22 AM7:38 PMMar 17:38 PMMar 17:33 AM7:33 AM9:11 PMApr 19:11 PMApr 15:47 AM5:47 AM10:43 PMMay 110:43 PMMay 1SolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day in the spring. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring in Dawson City

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummer001020203001010203040NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the spring of 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the spring of 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring in Dawson City

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummerFeb 94:00 PMFeb 94:00 PMFeb 245:31 AMFeb 245:31 AMMar 102:01 AMMar 102:01 AMMar 2512:01 AMMar 2512:01 AMApr 811:22 AMApr 811:22 AMApr 234:50 PMApr 234:50 PMMay 78:23 PMMay 78:23 PMMay 236:54 AMMay 236:54 AMJun 65:38 AMJun 65:38 AM11:36 AM11:36 AM5:52 PM5:52 PM6:02 PM6:02 PM9:28 AM9:28 AM7:10 PM7:10 PM8:21 PM8:21 PM8:12 AM8:12 AM10:16 PM10:16 PM5:58 AM5:58 AM11:40 PM11:40 PM12:00 AM12:00 AMNowNow
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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 Dawson City is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 25, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring in Dawson City

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%WinterSummerMar 10%Mar 10%May 310%May 310%Apr 10%Apr 10%May 10%May 10%drydrycomfortablecomfortable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Dawson City is decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 6.8 miles per hour to 5.5 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 11, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.3 miles per hour, while on July 20, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.8 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in the Spring in Dawson City

Average Wind Speed in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mphWinterSummerMar 16.8 mphMar 16.8 mphMay 315.5 mphMay 315.5 mphApr 16.2 mphApr 16.2 mphMay 15.8 mphMay 15.8 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Dawson City throughout the spring is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 71% on March 1.

Wind Direction in the Spring in Dawson City

Wind Direction in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%WinterSummerNowNowwesteastnorthsouth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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 Dawson City typically lasts for 2.5 months (76 days), from around May 31 to around August 15, rarely starting before May 14 or after June 17, and rarely ending before July 26 or after September 2.

The spring in Dawson City is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly increasing from 0% to 49% over the course of the season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring in Dawson City

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummerMar 10%Mar 10%May 3149%May 3149%Apr 10%Apr 10%May 11%May 11%90%Jun 1790%Jun 17frigidfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within 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 Dawson City are gradually increasing during the spring, increasing by 126°F, from 0°F to 126°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Spring in Dawson City

Growing Degree Days in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay0°F0°F20°F20°F40°F40°F60°F60°F80°F80°F100°F100°F120°F120°F140°F140°F160°F160°F180°F180°FWinterSummerMar 10°FMar 10°FMay 31126°FMay 31126°FApr 10°FApr 10°FMay 114°FMay 114°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the spring, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Dawson City is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 4.1 kWh, from 1.5 kWh to 5.6 kWh, over the course of the season.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring in Dawson City

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring in Dawson CityMarAprMay0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhWinterSummerMar 11.5 kWhMar 11.5 kWhMay 315.6 kWhMay 315.6 kWhApr 13.4 kWhApr 13.4 kWhMay 14.8 kWhMay 14.8 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Dawson City are 64.060 deg latitude, -139.433 deg longitude, and 1,047 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Dawson City contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,841 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,522 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,877 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (6,660 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Dawson City is covered by trees (57%) and sparse vegetation (23%), within 10 miles by trees (84%), and within 50 miles by trees (51%) and shrubs (27%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Dawson City, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 2 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Dawson City.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Dawson City according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Dawson City is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Dawson City and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Dawson City and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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