Average Temperature in Yellowknife by Year

This page contains a list of the average yearly high and low temperatures in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories for each year between 1943 and 2022. It is based on NOAA data.

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What Was the Hottest Year Ever in Yellowknife?

1998 was the warmest year in the history of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The average daily high temperature was 2.8 °C, and the average low was -5.1 °C.

What Was the Coldest Year Ever in Yellowknife?

1982 was the coolest year in the history of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The average daily high temperature was -2.6 °C, and the average low was -11.7 °C.

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Year	Rank	High (°C)	Low (°C)
2022	28	0.5	-9.2
2021	32	0.0	-9.1
2020	51	-0.7	-9.6
2019	31	0.0	-8.9
2018	27	0.2	-8.7
2017	8	1.7	-7.6
2016	6	1.9	-7.0
2015	10	1.7	-7.8
2014	40	0.0	-9.6
2012	11	1.3	-7.4
2011	14	0.9	-7.8
2010	3	2.4	-5.8
2009	29	-0.2	-8.7
2008	36	-0.3	-9.1
2007	25	0.0	-8.2
2006	2	2.7	-5.6
2005	12	0.9	-7.1
2004	74	-1.9	-11.1
2003	18	0.5	-8.1
2002	43	-0.7	-9.2
2001	9	1.2	-7.2
2000	20	0.5	-8.1
1999	7	1.4	-6.6
1998	1	2.8	-5.1
1997	17	0.6	-7.9
1996	42	-0.6	-9.3
1995	30	-0.1	-8.8
1994	23	0.4	-8.4
1992	35	-0.5	-8.9
1991	48	-0.5	-9.7
1990	67	-1.7	-10.4
1989	54	-0.7	-9.9
1988	46	-0.5	-9.6
1987	4	2.1	-6.5
1986	34	-0.2	-9.1
1985	61	-1.3	-10.2
1984	39	-0.3	-9.2
1983	47	-0.8	-9.3
1982	78	-2.6	-11.7
1981	5	2.0	-6.7
1980	22	0.4	-8.2
1979	49	-0.7	-9.5
1978	52	-0.8	-9.5
1977	21	0.4	-8.0
1976	19	0.7	-8.3
1975	50	-0.7	-9.6
1974	69	-1.7	-10.5
1973	16	0.8	-8.0
1972	77	-2.3	-11.6
1971	37	-0.2	-9.2
1970	44	-0.8	-9.1
1969	38	-0.3	-9.2
1968	58	-1.1	-10.0
1967	62	-0.9	-10.7
1966	76	-2.2	-11.6
1965	64	-1.5	-10.5
1964	63	-1.5	-10.4
1963	41	-0.6	-9.3
1962	60	-1.0	-10.4
1961	73	-2.2	-10.9
1960	53	-1.0	-9.5
1959	71	-2.2	-10.5
1958	33	-0.7	-8.6
1957	55	-1.2	-9.8
1956	66	-1.7	-10.3
1955	65	-1.7	-10.3
1954	45	-0.4	-9.6
1953	15	0.7	-7.7
1952	26	0.1	-8.4
1951	72	-1.9	-11.0
1950	75	-2.3	-11.1
1949	57	-1.1	-10.0
1948	59	-1.0	-10.4
1947	70	-1.6	-10.6
1946	68	-1.6	-10.6
1945	56	-0.9	-10.1
1944	13	1.6	-8.0
1943	24	0.7	-8.7

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
2013–2024	Yellowknife A	location
1942–2013	Yellowknife A	location