Yellowknife Weather in 2012

Historical record of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories weather for the year 2012 based on NOAA data.
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2012 Yellowknife Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 31.9 °C July 10
Lowest temperature -39.6 °C December 10
Highest daily low 18.8 °C July 9
Lowest daily high -35.4 °C December 10
Most daily precipitation 2.6 cm September 14
Most daily snow 11.0 cm October 12
Total annual precipitation 26.3 cm -
Total annual snow 140.8 cm -
Highest Temperatures in Yellowknife in 2012
Rank Temperature Date
1 31.9 °C Jul 10
2 30.0 °C Jul 9
3 27.0 °C Jul 23
3 27.0 °C Jul 8
5 26.8 °C Jun 7
6 26.1 °C Jun 26
7 25.5 °C Aug 8
8 25.4 °C Jul 21
9 25.3 °C Jul 7
10 25.1 °C Aug 20
10 25.1 °C Jul 22
10 25.1 °C Jul 11
Lowest Temperatures in Yellowknife in 2012
Rank Temperature Date
1 -39.6 °C December 10
1 -39.6 °C December 9
3 -39.3 °C January 28
4 -37.3 °C March 6
5 -37.2 °C December 8
6 -36.3 °C December 11
7 -35.1 °C January 16
8 -35.0 °C December 12
9 -34.3 °C December 22
9 -34.3 °C January 27
January 2012 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
January 1
-16.0 -17.8 0.02 1.0
January 2
-8.6 -17.4 0.00 0.0
January 3
-11.9 -28.4 0.00 0.0
January 4
-18.0 -29.2 0.00 0.0
January 5
-17.5 -24.7 0.00 0.0
January 6
-23.9 -30.0 0.00 0.0
January 7
-14.9 -25.6 0.00 0.0
January 8
-10.5 -15.5 0.30 3.4
January 9
-11.5 -15.6 0.06 1.4
January 10
-14.0 -27.3 0.16 2.0
January 11
-18.6 -25.6 0.00 0.0
January 12
-20.2 -25.2 0.00 0.0
January 13
-16.2 -22.8 0.00 0.0
January 14
-16.2 -23.1 0.26 3.0
January 15
-23.0 -34.1 0.02 0.2
January 16
-28.8 -35.1 0.00 0.0
January 17
-20.5 -31.2 0.04 0.6
January 18
-20.0 -23.8 0.06 0.8
January 19
-23.6 -27.1 0.00 0.0
January 20
-19.4 -27.0 0.04 0.4
January 21
-20.3 -30.4 0.02 0.4
January 22
-19.7 -25.0 0.34 3.6
January 23
-21.3 -27.7 0.00 0.0
January 24
-17.3 -21.3 0.14 1.8
January 25
-9.4 -17.8 0.08 2.0
January 26
-11.9 -28.6 0.14 2.2
January 27
-27.1 -34.3 0.08 1.0
January 28
-29.3 -39.3 0.00 0.0
January 29
-21.8 -29.3 0.04 0.4
January 30
-20.2 -22.9 0.20 3.0
January 31
-19.1 -31.9 0.00 0.0
February 2012 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
February 1
-16.8 -20.7 0.00 0.0
February 2
-1.3 -20.2 0.00 0.0
February 3
3.0 -9.6 0.00 0.0
February 4
3.9 -6.9 0.00 0.0
February 5
-1.6 -26.6 0.00 0.0
February 6
-10.7 -26.7 0.00 0.0
February 7
-11.2 -21.4 0.00 0.0
February 8
-17.9 -27.6 0.00 0.0
February 9
-21.0 -30.2 0.00 0.0
February 10
-17.7 -25.0 0.00 0.0
February 11
-13.0 -18.9 0.00 0.0
February 12
-11.7 -19.9 0.00 0.0
February 13
-10.1 -21.6 0.00 0.0
February 14
-11.6 -21.2 0.00 0.0
February 15
-11.1 -20.8 0.00 0.0
February 16
-10.1 -16.7 0.00 0.0
February 17
-6.9 -17.6 0.02 0.4
February 18
-12.5 -21.2 0.00 0.0
February 19
-16.3 -21.4 0.00 0.0
February 20
-15.5 -17.7 0.04 1.2
February 21
-11.3 -18.6 0.00 0.0
February 22
-12.1 -19.2 0.00 0.0
February 23
-15.5 -22.7 0.02 0.4
February 24
-19.3 -28.3 0.00 0.0
February 25
-16.9 -26.9 0.00 0.0
February 26
-17.8 -30.3 0.04 0.4
February 27
-15.9 -25.8 0.00 0.0
February 28
-13.0 -22.3 0.00 0.0
February 29
-17.0 -26.3 0.00 0.0
March 2012 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
March 1
-19.0 -30.1 0.00 0.0
March 2
-15.6 -27.6 0.00 0.0
March 3
-14.5 -20.3 0.24 2.4
March 4
-20.0 -27.1 0.00 0.0
March 5
-21.8 -28.9 0.02 0.2
March 6
-24.4 -37.3 0.00 0.2
March 7
-20.0 -31.4 0.00 0.0
March 8
-13.0 -32.8 0.00 0.0
March 9
-8.8 -21.4 0.40 4.4
March 10
-11.2 -24.0 0.02 0.4
March 11
-7.7 -20.6 0.00 0.0
March 12
-8.6 -16.8 0.34 4.6
March 13
-16.7 -24.1 0.00 0.0
March 14
-19.2 -27.6 0.00 0.0
March 15
-13.3 -32.2 0.00 0.0
March 16
-8.5 -19.2 0.00 0.0
March 17
-14.3 -23.0 0.00 0.0
March 18
-11.6 -24.7 0.00 0.0
March 19
-13.5 -17.0 0.22 3.2
March 20
-13.7 -20.1 0.36 3.8
March 21
-15.7 -21.0 0.26 3.0
March 22
-13.8 -25.1 0.04 0.8
March 23
-12.5 -25.8 0.00 0.0
March 24
-8.3 -15.0 0.00 0.0
March 25
-1.8 -18.7 0.00 0.0
March 26
1.0 -12.4 0.00 0.0
March 27
-2.3 -19.9 0.00 0.0
March 28
4.4 -9.0 0.00 0.0
March 29
3.0 -6.1 0.00 0.0
March 30
3.9 -2.2 0.24 2.4
March 31
0.7 -2.5 0.08 0.8
April 2012 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
April 1
-1.9 -12.9 0.48 5.6
April 2
-7.6 -18.9 0.00 0.0
April 3
6.1 -17.6 0.00 0.0
April 4
2.7 -8.3 0.78 7.8
April 5
-4.8 -10.1 0.10 1.0
April 6
-5.8 -13.9 0.00 0.0
April 7
-6.2 -18.7 0.00 0.0
April 8
-7.6 -22.4 0.00 0.0
April 9
-1.0 -14.0 0.00 0.0
April 10
3.0 -8.3 0.00 0.0
April 11
2.6 -11.0 0.00 0.0
April 12
-0.9 -16.0 0.00 0.0
April 13
-0.5 -14.5 0.00 0.0
April 14
-7.5 -18.2 0.00 0.0
April 15
-7.4 -21.3 0.00 0.0
April 16
-6.1 -20.3 0.00 0.0
April 17
-5.8 -24.0 0.00 0.0
April 18
-0.6 -18.6 0.00 0.0
April 19
4.5 -11.2 0.00 0.0
April 20
9.5 -7.1 0.00 0.0
April 21
6.4 -6.0 0.00 0.0
April 22
2.3 -8.1 0.00 0.0
April 23
-1.8 -14.5 0.00 0.0
April 24
-0.9 -15.8 0.00 0.0
April 25
2.0 -13.0 0.00 0.0
April 26
6.1 -7.1 0.00 0.0
April 27
7.3 1.0 0.30 0.0
April 28
8.9 0.6 0.00 0.0
April 29
8.0 -2.9 0.00 0.0
April 30
8.2 -4.1 0.00 0.0
May 2012 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
May 1
6.1 -6.1 0.00 0.0
May 2
8.4 -4.8 0.00 0.0
May 3
15.5 2.2 0.00 0.0
May 4
16.2 4.8 0.00 0.0
May 5
9.5 3.8 0.18 0.0
May 6
6.7 -0.8 0.00 0.0
May 7
14.9 -1.8 0.00 0.0
May 8
14.1 3.3 0.26 0.0
May 9
10.7 2.0 0.00 0.0
May 10
7.2 0.3 0.00 0.0
May 11
10.2 0.6 0.08 0.0
May 12
4.6 0.0 0.00 0.0
May 13
8.7 -2.8 0.00 0.0
May 14
7.4 -0.5 0.00 0.0
May 15
11.4 0.5 0.00 0.0
May 16
5.0 0.9 0.20 2.0
May 17
8.2 1.5 0.26 0.0
May 18
8.7 1.5 0.16 0.0
May 19
10.2 3.5 0.64 0.0
May 20
9.3 3.0 0.00 0.0
May 21
15.2 3.3 0.00 0.0
May 22
17.3 5.5 0.00 0.0
May 23
17.7 4.4 0.00 0.0
May 24
12.7 2.4 0.00 0.0
May 25
11.6 1.3 0.00 0.0
May 26
21.5 8.7 0.00 0.0
May 27
23.9 12.3 0.00 0.0
May 28
24.4 12.7 0.00 0.0
May 29
23.2 12.2 0.00 0.0
May 30
23.0 9.0 0.00 0.0
May 31
20.4 7.1 0.00 0.0
June 2012 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
June 1
21.5 11.0 0.00 0.0
June 2
18.5 8.9 0.00 0.0
June 3
19.0 8.8 0.00 0.0
June 4
19.2 9.9 0.00 0.0
June 5
22.1 9.1 0.00 0.0
June 6
24.3 14.6 0.00 0.0
June 7
26.8 16.1 0.00 0.0
June 8
19.5 12.9 0.00 0.0
June 9
19.2 12.4 0.00 0.0
June 10
13.7 7.5 0.00 0.0
June 11
14.9 7.1 0.00 0.0
June 12
16.7 6.8 0.00 0.0
June 13
19.1 11.0 0.00 0.0
June 14
16.4 10.9 0.00 0.0
June 15
15.8 8.3 0.00 0.0
June 16
19.9 7.0 0.00 0.0
June 17
20.4 12.4 0.00 0.0
June 18
21.7 11.8 0.00 0.0
June 19
17.5 11.0 0.00 0.0
June 20
20.7 7.7 0.00 0.0
June 21
21.5 12.5 0.08 0.0
June 22
22.2 12.6 0.00 0.0
June 23
22.7 10.6 0.00 0.0
June 24
22.9 12.1 0.00 0.0
June 25
24.0 15.6 0.00 0.0
June 26
26.1 16.4 0.20 0.0
June 27
18.3 14.3 0.12 0.0
June 28
16.0 12.8 0.02 0.0
June 29
19.4 13.3 0.00 0.0
June 30
22.2 12.7 0.00 0.0
July 2012 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
July 1
21.8 14.9 0.00 0.0
July 2
18.0 13.1 2.06 0.0
July 3
24.9 10.9 0.00 0.0
July 4
19.6 13.5 0.00 0.0
July 5
22.9 14.1 0.00 0.0
July 6
23.6 14.1 0.00 0.0
July 7
25.3 14.6 0.00 0.0
July 8
27.0 15.8 0.00 0.0
July 9
30.0 18.8 0.00 0.0
July 10
31.9 18.5 0.00 0.0
July 11
25.1 16.3 0.00 0.0
July 12
21.1 12.8 0.02 0.0
July 13
23.1 11.6 0.00 0.0
July 14
24.3 13.5 0.00 0.0
July 15
24.0 15.0 0.00 0.0
July 16
22.2 14.0 0.74 0.0
July 17
24.1 15.6 0.00 0.0
July 18
20.1 14.2 0.00 0.0
July 19
22.9 15.1 0.00 0.0
July 20
23.7 15.1 0.22 0.0
July 21
25.4 15.1 0.02 0.0
July 22
25.1 14.8 0.00 0.0
July 23
27.0 16.7 0.00 0.0
July 24
25.0 17.4 0.04 0.0
July 25
22.3 17.4 0.00 0.0
July 26
25.0 14.6 0.00 0.0
July 27
19.2 15.2 0.04 0.0
July 28
23.0 13.4 0.26 0.0
July 29
23.4 14.2 0.00 0.0
July 30
23.1 16.3 0.02 0.0
July 31
24.5 15.4 0.00 0.0
August 2012 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
August 1
23.9 13.8 0.00 0.0
August 2
24.1 13.8 0.00 0.0
August 3
21.2 13.7 0.00 0.0
August 4
19.3 12.0 0.88 0.0
August 5
13.7 11.0 0.42 0.0
August 6
19.0 12.2 0.08 0.0
August 7
20.3 10.6 0.00 0.0
August 8
25.5 15.3 0.00 0.0
August 9
22.9 17.4 0.00 0.0
August 10
21.8 13.1 0.00 0.0
August 11
20.7 10.2 0.00 0.0
August 12
19.2 10.9 0.00 0.0
August 13
14.9 11.7 0.32 0.0
August 14
16.5 9.3 0.00 0.0
August 15
15.8 9.9 0.46 0.0
August 16
18.9 9.3 0.00 0.0
August 17
22.9 11.7 0.00 0.0
August 18
23.5 14.9 0.00 0.0
August 19
21.0 13.7 0.24 0.0
August 20
25.1 13.4 0.00 0.0
August 21
23.3 13.1 0.00 0.0
August 22
24.8 13.3 0.00 0.0
August 23
22.6 14.5 0.00 0.0
August 24
20.0 13.8 0.00 0.0
August 25
16.1 10.7 0.02 0.0
August 26
18.4 12.8 0.08 0.0
August 27
19.0 12.1 0.00 0.0
August 28
23.4 13.7 0.00 0.0
August 29
18.6 12.1 0.00 0.0
August 30
15.2 11.0 0.00 0.0
August 31
15.2 7.5 0.00 0.0
September 2012 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
September 1
19.5 11.1 0.00 0.0
September 2
21.9 10.0 0.00 0.0
September 3
16.2 12.4 0.00 0.0
September 4
16.8 12.6 0.04 0.0
September 5
17.5 9.1 0.00 0.0
September 6
22.8 11.9 0.00 0.0
September 7
19.2 8.2 0.00 0.0
September 8
18.2 11.0 0.08 0.0
September 9
17.5 9.4 0.00 0.0
September 10
15.3 10.4 0.10 0.0
September 11
11.9 4.1 1.04 0.0
September 12
7.1 n/a 1.00 0.0
September 13
12.1 3.9 0.00 0.0
September 14
8.1 3.3 2.56 0.0
September 15
9.2 1.6 0.00 0.0
September 16
10.5 5.0 0.00 0.0
September 17
14.7 6.4 0.00 0.0
September 18
16.0 7.5 0.00 0.0
September 19
14.2 5.5 0.00 0.0
September 20
17.3 6.6 0.00 0.0
September 21
16.5 9.3 0.00 0.0
September 22
17.5 7.4 0.00 0.0
September 23
14.6 6.1 0.00 0.0
September 24
15.3 7.1 0.00 0.0
September 25
15.0 7.6 0.00 0.0
September 26
12.4 2.2 0.00 0.0
September 27
14.1 8.1 0.00 0.0
September 28
16.4 9.3 0.00 0.0
September 29
13.9 3.5 0.00 0.0
September 30
13.9 3.8 0.00 0.0
October 2012 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
October 1
11.4 2.8 0.00 0.0
October 2
8.1 4.4 0.08 0.0
October 3
7.6 1.2 0.22 0.0
October 4
9.7 1.7 0.00 0.0
October 5
10.0 2.5 0.00 0.0
October 6
8.9 0.6 0.20 0.0
October 7
6.6 3.1 0.54 0.0
October 8
3.5 -0.6 0.00 0.0
October 9
3.3 -2.4 0.04 0.6
October 10
-0.8 -4.7 0.02 0.2
October 11
0.4 -4.8 0.00 0.0
October 12
-2.2 -7.4 1.04 11.0
October 13
-0.2 -5.9 0.22 2.6
October 14
2.2 -1.3 0.44 3.6
October 15
3.5 1.0 0.66 0.0
October 16
2.6 0.2 0.00 0.0
October 17
3.4 0.8 0.04 0.0
October 18
6.2 1.1 0.12 0.0
October 19
2.6 0.2 0.04 0.0
October 20
2.0 -0.2 0.08 0.8
October 21
1.7 -0.4 0.02 0.4
October 22
-0.3 -3.3 0.10 1.4
October 23
-2.3 -4.9 0.08 0.8
October 24
-3.8 -6.6 0.12 1.2
October 25
-6.5 -9.8 0.00 0.0
October 26
-9.2 -12.1 0.06 1.0
October 27
-8.9 -12.3 0.04 0.8
October 28
-6.1 -10.0 0.04 0.8
October 29
-7.8 -13.4 0.24 3.4
October 30
-12.8 -17.7 0.12 1.6
October 31
-4.7 -15.4 0.00 0.0
November 2012 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
November 1
-5.3 -9.0 0.14 1.2
November 2
-6.9 -10.5 0.00 0.2
November 3
-2.1 -9.1 0.20 2.2
November 4
-2.4 -10.5 0.00 0.0
November 5
-2.7 -11.6 0.34 4.2
November 6
-7.4 -14.4 0.06 0.8
November 7
-12.5 -20.8 0.00 0.0
November 8
-11.4 -23.2 0.00 0.0
November 9
-10.1 -21.0 0.00 0.0
November 10
-4.3 -16.2 0.00 0.0
November 11
-11.6 -18.0 0.00 0.0
November 12
-11.2 -21.9 0.00 0.0
November 13
-11.5 -23.7 0.08 1.0
November 14
-13.7 -20.6 0.06 1.0
November 15
-16.5 -24.0 0.00 0.0
November 16
-16.3 -25.6 0.00 0.0
November 17
-14.9 -19.4 0.18 2.4
November 18
-12.0 -14.9 0.66 7.0
November 19
-14.3 -24.4 0.00 0.0
November 20
-19.6 -25.8 0.00 0.0
November 21
-20.8 -30.7 0.00 0.0
November 22
-19.9 -32.2 0.00 0.2
November 23
-12.9 -20.1 0.02 0.4
November 24
-12.8 -26.2 0.00 0.2
November 25
-17.8 -24.2 0.06 0.6
November 26
-19.4 -29.1 0.00 0.0
November 27
-20.8 -25.7 0.02 0.2
November 28
-23.0 -30.0 0.00 0.0
November 29
-22.8 -30.7 0.00 0.0
November 30
-25.4 -33.9 0.00 0.0
December 2012 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
December 1
-27.5 -32.9 0.00 0.0
December 2
-21.2 -27.8 0.08 1.2
December 3
-17.9 -23.3 0.14 2.2
December 4
-17.7 -24.1 0.02 0.8
December 5
-18.0 -23.9 0.00 0.2
December 6
-18.2 -23.3 0.02 0.0
December 7
-21.3 -30.2 0.10 1.8
December 8
-26.5 -37.2 0.00 0.0
December 9
-33.5 -39.6 0.00 0.0
December 10
-35.4 -39.6 0.00 0.0
December 11
-32.2 -36.3 0.00 0.0
December 12
-27.3 -35.0 0.00 0.0
December 13
-17.4 -27.7 0.22 3.6
December 14
-17.2 -28.2 0.14 2.4
December 15
-21.8 -33.6 0.00 0.0
December 16
n/a n/a n/a n/a
December 17
n/a n/a n/a n/a
December 18
-26.9 -33.2 0.00 0.0
December 19
-17.2 -30.1 0.12 2.4
December 20
-16.9 -21.9 0.02 0.2
December 21
-21.9 -33.4 0.02 0.4
December 22
-30.6 -34.3 0.00 0.0
December 23
-29.6 -33.9 0.00 0.0
December 24
-28.3 -30.6 0.00 0.0
December 25
-30.1 -33.1 0.00 0.0
December 26
-24.9 -33.3 0.00 0.0
December 27
-21.5 -24.9 0.00 0.0
December 28
-23.1 -29.0 0.00 0.0
December 29
-21.6 -31.5 0.14 1.6
December 30
-24.6 -31.0 0.00 0.0
December 31
-17.6 -26.6 0.00 0.0
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
2013–2024 Yellowknife A location
1942–2013 Yellowknife A location