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Yellowknife Weather in 2020

Historical record of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories weather for the year 2020 based on NOAA data.
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2020 Yellowknife Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 28.1 °C August 2
Lowest temperature -44.4 °C December 18
Highest daily low 19.1 °C August 3
Lowest daily high -37.9 °C December 16
Most daily precipitation 3.9 cm July 13
Most daily snow 6.0 cm October 31
Total annual precipitation 28.3 cm -
Total annual snow 93.0 cm -
What was the hottest temperature in Yellowknife in 2020?
The highest temperature recorded in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in 2020 was 28.1 °C which happened on August 2.
Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year
Highest Temperatures in Yellowknife in 2020
Rank Temperature Date
1 28.1 °C Aug 2
2 26.3 °C Aug 1
2 26.3 °C Jun 30
4 25.8 °C Aug 3
5 25.5 °C Jun 20
6 24.9 °C Jun 21
7 24.8 °C Jul 21
8 24.5 °C Jun 19
9 24.2 °C Jul 29
10 24.1 °C Aug 8
What was the coldest temperature in Yellowknife in 2020?
The lowest temperature recorded in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in 2020 was -44.4 °C which happened on Dec 18.
Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year
Lowest Temperatures in Yellowknife in 2020
Rank Temperature Date
1 -44.4 °C December 18
2 -43.8 °C January 12
3 -42.2 °C January 13
4 -41.8 °C December 17
5 -41.6 °C January 11
6 -41.2 °C February 12
7 -41.1 °C January 10
8 -40.5 °C January 16
9 -40.2 °C December 16
10 -40.0 °C January 9
January 2020 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
January 1
 -11.7 -17.4 0.12 3.6
January 2
 -13.2 -14.5 0.16 3.4
January 3
 -13.8 -25.5 0.00 0.0
January 4
 -15.4 -23.7 0.04 1.2
January 5
 n/a n/a 0.00 0.0
January 6
 -28.8 -34.0 0.00 0.0
January 7
 -32.1 -38.7 0.00 0.0
January 8
 -35.0 -39.6 0.00 0.0
January 9
 -35.0 -40.0 0.00 0.2
January 10
 -35.4 -41.1 0.00 0.0
January 11
 -36.5 -41.6 0.00 0.0
January 12
 -37.0 -43.8 0.00 0.0
January 13
 -36.6 -42.2 0.00 0.0
January 14
 n/a n/a 0.00 0.0
January 15
 -33.3 -38.1 0.00 0.0
January 16
 -31.4 -40.5 0.00 0.0
January 17
 -25.4 -34.1 0.00 0.0
January 18
 -31.6 -39.0 0.00 0.0
January 19
 -20.6 -34.1 0.04 0.4
January 20
 -20.9 -26.3 0.00 0.0
January 21
 -19.4 -26.3 0.00 0.0
January 22
 -13.9 -26.9 0.00 0.0
January 23
 -15.2 -25.0 0.00 0.0
January 24
 -14.4 -17.9 0.00 0.0
January 25
 n/a n/a 0.08 1.2
January 26
 -10.7 -17.4 0.02 0.4
January 27
 -6.0 -16.4 0.00 0.0
January 28
 n/a n/a 0.00 0.0
January 29
 -6.5 -22.6 0.16 2.0
January 30
 -7.2 -24.7 0.00 0.0
January 31
 -18.5 -28.0 0.00 0.0
February 2020 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
February 1
 -24.0 -30.9 0.00 0.0
February 2
 -26.0 -30.7 0.00 0.0
February 3
 -25.1 -35.9 0.00 0.0
February 4
 -28.2 -36.9 0.00 0.0
February 5
 -21.0 -32.3 0.00 0.0
February 6
 -19.7 -27.8 0.02 0.8
February 7
 -19.3 -29.8 0.00 0.0
February 8
 -18.5 -23.2 0.16 4.8
February 9
 -16.3 -22.2 0.00 0.0
February 10
 -16.0 -28.9 0.07 0.4
February 11
 -28.9 -39.2 0.00 n/a
February 12
 -28.3 -41.2 0.00 0.0
February 13
 -16.6 -28.4 0.26 3.2
February 14
 -18.5 -27.1 0.12 2.0
February 15
 -27.1 -35.0 0.00 0.0
February 16
 -29.6 -38.3 0.00 0.0
February 17
 -27.0 -36.1 0.00 0.0
February 18
 -21.2 -37.6 0.00 0.0
February 19
 -12.6 -23.9 0.00 0.0
February 20
 0.8 -13.0 0.00 0.0
February 21
 -6.2 -17.8 0.00 0.0
February 22
 -15.5 -21.2 0.00 0.0
February 23
 -19.5 -24.4 0.02 1.0
February 24
 -20.8 -31.0 0.00 0.0
February 25
 -17.6 -30.0 0.00 0.0
February 26
 -14.4 -19.0 0.04 1.4
February 27
 -9.7 -16.2 0.04 0.8
February 28
 -11.4 -21.3 0.08 1.4
February 29
 -18.8 -29.9 0.04 1.2
March 2020 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
March 1
 -19.8 -36.8 0.12 3.0
March 2
 -17.7 -25.4 0.02 1.0
March 3
 -15.7 -23.4 0.06 1.6
March 4
 -18.6 -27.1 0.00 0.0
March 5
 -21.5 -30.7 0.00 0.0
March 6
 -21.7 -30.6 0.00 0.0
March 7
 -20.2 -35.6 0.00 0.0
March 8
 -15.6 -26.6 0.00 0.0
March 9
 -10.3 -29.8 0.00 0.0
March 10
 -8.2 -16.7 0.00 0.0
March 11
 -13.1 -22.0 0.00 0.2
March 12
 -20.6 -27.1 0.12 1.4
March 13
 -20.8 -31.8 0.00 0.0
March 14
 -10.3 -30.3 0.00 0.0
March 15
 -2.3 -15.3 0.04 0.4
March 16
 -15.2 -25.1 0.00 0.0
March 17
 -19.3 -28.3 0.00 0.0
March 18
 -14.0 -32.3 0.00 0.0
March 19
 -11.7 -28.4 0.00 0.0
March 20
 -3.3 -14.3 0.00 0.0
March 21
 0.0 -8.0 0.10 1.4
March 22
 0.3 -13.8 0.00 0.0
March 23
 -4.0 -26.8 0.03 0.3
March 24
 -14.4 -28.5 0.00 0.0
March 25
 -3.7 -16.4 0.02 0.2
March 26
 -9.4 -19.7 0.00 0.0
March 27
 -16.5 -24.9 0.02 1.0
March 28
 -19.1 -32.6 0.00 0.0
March 29
 -16.1 -34.7 0.00 0.0
March 30
 -13.9 -28.4 0.00 0.0
March 31
 -12.0 -28.1 0.00 0.0
April 2020 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
April 1
 -13.7 -25.7 0.00 0.0
April 2
 -15.8 -23.9 0.16 2.2
April 3
 -10.6 -21.3 0.16 1.4
April 4
 -9.9 -23.9 0.00 0.0
April 5
 -5.1 -15.4 0.00 0.0
April 6
 -0.9 -14.9 0.00 0.0
April 7
 -1.0 -8.1 0.02 0.6
April 8
 -2.1 -11.3 0.00 0.0
April 9
 -4.4 -9.8 0.08 1.2
April 10
 -7.1 -15.4 0.00 0.0
April 11
 -6.7 -19.1 0.00 0.0
April 12
 -7.0 -21.4 0.00 0.0
April 13
 -2.9 -19.6 0.00 0.0
April 14
 0.6 -11.0 0.06 1.4
April 15
 -0.8 -15.9 0.00 0.0
April 16
 1.0 -10.0 0.00 0.0
April 17
 1.4 -6.3 0.00 0.0
April 18
 1.7 -11.8 0.26 5.2
April 19
 -1.3 -11.9 0.00 0.0
April 20
 -4.3 -15.4 0.00 0.0
April 21
 -0.9 -10.2 0.00 0.0
April 22
 -2.8 -10.9 0.00 0.0
April 23
 -2.6 -14.8 0.00 0.0
April 24
 -3.4 -11.3 0.00 0.0
April 25
 -7.3 -14.8 0.07 0.8
April 26
 -5.6 -19.6 0.00 n/a
April 27
 2.2 -17.2 0.00 0.0
April 28
 11.4 -1.9 0.00 0.0
April 29
 12.7 -1.4 0.00 0.0
April 30
 4.7 -1.9 0.00 0.0
May 2020 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
May 1
 4.8 -2.3 0.00 0.0
May 2
 5.7 0.6 0.00 0.0
May 3
 9.3 -0.3 0.00 0.0
May 4
 4.9 -1.2 0.00 0.0
May 5
 7.9 -4.5 0.00 0.0
May 6
 10.4 0.1 0.00 0.0
May 7
 10.8 -0.7 0.00 0.0
May 8
 7.8 -0.2 0.00 0.0
May 9
 3.6 -4.3 0.00 0.0
May 10
 4.8 -7.3 0.00 0.0
May 11
 10.3 -2.0 0.00 0.0
May 12
 12.0 -5.8 0.00 0.0
May 13
 0.5 -9.6 0.00 0.0
May 14
 -0.5 -9.6 0.00 0.0
May 15
 2.5 -4.9 0.10 1.0
May 16
 1.8 -2.7 0.00 0.0
May 17
 3.1 -3.7 0.00 0.0
May 18
 2.1 -2.8 0.20 2.0
May 19
 6.3 -1.7 0.00 0.0
May 20
 8.9 -2.7 0.00 0.0
May 21
 10.8 -0.2 0.00 0.0
May 22
 12.9 3.5 0.00 0.0
May 23
 9.2 1.4 0.00 0.0
May 24
 10.0 -1.9 0.00 0.0
May 25
 8.8 -1.9 0.00 0.0
May 26
 11.8 -0.7 0.00 0.0
May 27
 13.0 0.0 0.00 0.0
May 28
 11.3 -0.8 0.00 0.0
May 29
 11.4 -2.2 0.00 0.0
May 30
 16.1 -0.8 0.00 0.0
May 31
 16.0 5.2 0.00 0.0
June 2020 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
June 1
 5.2 1.4 1.06 0.0
June 2
 13.1 1.2 0.00 0.0
June 3
 12.1 0.3 0.00 0.0
June 4
 12.7 3.6 0.00 0.0
June 5
 15.1 5.0 0.13 0.0
June 6
 20.0 8.3 0.00 0.0
June 7
 19.0 9.3 0.00 0.0
June 8
 9.3 5.3 0.13 0.0
June 9
 9.2 4.0 0.00 0.0
June 10
 10.5 3.8 0.00 0.0
June 11
 13.0 7.4 0.03 0.0
June 12
 19.0 8.9 0.19 0.0
June 13
 19.9 8.8 0.00 0.0
June 14
 20.7 9.3 0.00 0.0
June 15
 14.7 7.7 0.22 0.0
June 16
 18.4 7.4 0.00 0.0
June 17
 15.4 6.3 0.00 0.0
June 18
 20.4 7.5 0.00 0.0
June 19
 24.5 10.7 0.00 0.0
June 20
 25.5 12.6 0.00 0.0
June 21
 24.9 12.5 0.00 0.0
June 22
 23.0 9.7 0.00 0.0
June 23
 22.8 10.0 0.00 0.0
June 24
 23.1 10.2 0.57 0.0
June 25
 18.0 6.5 0.00 0.0
June 26
 19.4 6.9 0.19 0.0
June 27
 22.1 8.4 0.34 0.0
June 28
 21.1 12.3 0.00 0.0
June 29
 21.9 8.8 0.00 0.0
June 30
 26.3 13.8 0.00 0.0
July 2020 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
July 1
 24.0 16.1 0.30 0.0
July 2
 18.9 12.9 0.08 0.0
July 3
 19.4 11.5 1.55 0.0
July 4
 19.1 13.0 0.05 0.0
July 5
 21.6 10.9 0.00 0.0
July 6
 20.4 10.5 0.00 0.0
July 7
 18.3 9.7 0.00 0.0
July 8
 19.3 6.3 0.00 0.0
July 9
 19.9 8.2 0.00 0.0
July 10
 21.1 12.4 0.11 0.0
July 11
 23.0 10.3 0.00 0.0
July 12
 22.6 12.3 0.00 0.0
July 13
 17.3 13.5 3.93 0.0
July 14
 13.7 12.2 1.67 0.0
July 15
 18.1 11.8 0.00 0.0
July 16
 19.8 8.0 0.00 0.0
July 17
 20.9 12.3 0.00 0.0
July 18
 22.0 8.7 0.00 0.0
July 19
 23.2 12.3 0.00 0.0
July 20
 24.0 14.2 0.09 0.0
July 21
 24.8 15.8 0.52 0.0
July 22
 19.0 16.2 0.70 0.0
July 23
 17.5 12.8 0.00 0.0
July 24
 16.5 10.0 0.39 0.0
July 25
 22.2 12.9 0.00 0.0
July 26
 22.9 10.4 0.00 0.0
July 27
 22.9 14.1 0.20 0.0
July 28
 24.0 12.2 0.00 0.0
July 29
 24.2 11.5 0.17 0.0
July 30
 22.0 13.3 0.00 0.0
July 31
 21.7 8.9 0.00 0.0
August 2020 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
August 1
 26.3 14.6 0.00 0.0
August 2
 28.1 18.4 0.00 0.0
August 3
 25.8 19.1 0.00 0.0
August 4
 20.1 14.1 0.06 0.0
August 5
 20.8 14.4 0.03 0.0
August 6
 23.1 12.1 0.00 0.0
August 7
 23.2 15.7 0.04 0.0
August 8
 24.1 11.6 0.00 0.0
August 9
 20.7 15.7 0.00 0.0
August 10
 20.6 15.3 0.78 0.0
August 11
 22.5 14.5 0.03 0.0
August 12
 21.6 13.8 0.07 0.0
August 13
 18.3 13.9 0.66 0.0
August 14
 17.3 11.4 0.25 0.0
August 15
 16.3 10.1 0.00 0.0
August 16
 16.3 8.8 0.00 0.0
August 17
 20.3 11.5 0.19 0.0
August 18
 19.4 12.9 0.26 0.0
August 19
 15.3 13.6 2.20 0.0
August 20
 15.2 8.9 0.00 0.0
August 21
 15.4 7.0 0.00 0.0
August 22
 16.2 9.4 0.00 0.0
August 23
 17.1 8.2 0.00 0.0
August 24
 15.9 7.6 0.00 0.0
August 25
 14.1 10.5 0.08 0.0
August 26
 16.0 11.9 1.20 0.0
August 27
 17.1 11.1 0.03 0.0
August 28
 13.3 8.7 0.04 0.0
August 29
 9.2 8.0 0.82 0.0
August 30
 13.4 4.8 0.00 0.0
August 31
 10.8 3.6 0.00 0.0
September 2020 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
September 1
 12.9 3.2 0.00 0.0
September 2
 12.8 3.5 0.00 0.0
September 3
 12.3 1.3 0.00 0.0
September 4
 13.5 0.3 0.00 0.0
September 5
 12.4 4.0 0.00 0.0
September 6
 9.8 2.9 0.00 0.0
September 7
 11.2 0.7 0.00 0.0
September 8
 n/a n/a 0.07 0.0
September 9
 12.8 2.4 0.04 0.0
September 10
 12.5 2.1 0.00 0.0
September 11
 8.4 4.2 1.23 0.0
September 12
 9.8 -0.1 0.05 0.0
September 13
 5.2 0.1 0.02 0.0
September 14
 10.0 -2.7 0.00 0.0
September 15
 5.0 -4.4 0.00 0.0
September 16
 9.0 -4.1 0.00 0.0
September 17
 9.4 -1.8 0.00 0.0
September 18
 14.5 3.9 0.00 0.0
September 19
 19.4 2.0 0.00 0.0
September 20
 15.6 4.5 0.00 0.0
September 21
 12.7 2.3 0.00 0.0
September 22
 11.9 -0.2 0.00 0.0
September 23
 14.2 6.0 0.00 0.0
September 24
 10.9 8.9 0.56 0.0
September 25
 9.2 6.9 0.03 0.0
September 26
 7.5 5.5 0.02 0.0
September 27
 8.4 4.9 0.12 0.0
September 28
 14.0 5.8 0.53 0.0
September 29
 8.0 2.8 0.00 0.0
September 30
 6.6 0.3 0.05 0.0
October 2020 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
October 1
 8.9 3.8 0.00 0.0
October 2
 8.6 2.9 0.00 0.0
October 3
 10.5 4.8 0.00 0.0
October 4
 9.6 3.0 0.00 0.0
October 5
 5.6 3.1 0.00 0.0
October 6
 7.7 3.5 0.00 0.0
October 7
 4.5 1.9 0.04 0.0
October 8
 3.9 1.0 0.32 0.0
October 9
 6.8 0.9 0.30 0.0
October 10
 6.3 1.0 0.22 0.0
October 11
 2.0 -1.2 0.00 0.0
October 12
 2.0 -1.5 0.00 0.0
October 13
 -1.3 -5.0 0.00 0.0
October 14
 -2.9 -4.7 0.00 0.0
October 15
 -2.4 -5.5 0.00 0.0
October 16
 -2.5 -5.0 0.00 0.4
October 17
 -2.6 -6.0 0.02 0.5
October 18
 -3.0 -5.6 0.00 0.0
October 19
 -2.1 -8.6 0.00 0.0
October 20
 -2.9 -9.3 0.00 0.0
October 21
 -3.4 -8.1 0.00 0.0
October 22
 -3.5 -6.4 0.00 0.0
October 23
 -2.5 -7.0 0.00 0.0
October 24
 -2.8 -8.8 0.00 0.0
October 25
 -0.7 -7.6 0.00 0.0
October 26
 -2.0 -6.4 0.00 0.0
October 27
 -5.9 -10.3 0.00 0.0
October 28
 -4.4 -10.1 0.00 0.0
October 29
 -5.3 -13.9 0.00 0.0
October 30
 -7.0 -12.5 0.02 0.2
October 31
 -5.1 -10.9 0.40 6.0
November 2020 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
November 1
 -5.3 -15.2 0.26 5.0
November 2
 -11.7 -15.4 0.16 2.8
November 3
 -11.7 -17.2 0.00 0.0
November 4
 -14.3 -22.5 0.00 0.0
November 5
 -10.6 -15.0 0.00 0.0
November 6
 -10.3 -17.4 0.08 1.2
November 7
 -11.3 -21.8 0.00 0.0
November 8
 -1.2 -12.1 0.00 0.0
November 9
 -1.4 -5.6 0.00 0.0
November 10
 -5.0 -21.9 0.00 0.0
November 11
 -10.1 -29.3 0.00 0.0
November 12
 -5.2 -17.7 0.06 0.8
November 13
 -11.9 -19.2 0.00 0.0
November 14
 -13.8 -20.4 0.00 0.0
November 15
 -15.3 -22.7 0.02 0.2
November 16
 -12.9 -23.1 0.00 0.0
November 17
 -9.5 -22.7 0.00 0.0
November 18
 -13.4 -23.7 0.00 0.0
November 19
 -15.3 -29.2 0.00 0.0
November 20
 -15.4 -25.4 0.00 0.0
November 21
 -20.0 -26.9 0.00 0.0
November 22
 -15.6 -27.7 0.00 0.0
November 23
 -11.2 -16.2 0.14 2.6
November 24
 -8.8 -13.7 0.06 1.2
November 25
 -12.3 -19.3 0.00 0.0
November 26
 -10.9 -23.4 0.34 4.8
November 27
 -10.0 -22.6 0.08 2.2
November 28
 -13.4 -27.4 0.00 0.0
November 29
 -4.2 -15.4 0.00 0.0
November 30
 -6.2 -15.7 0.23 3.4
December 2020 Yellowknife Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm) Snow (cm)
December 1
 -3.4 -17.8 0.00 n/a
December 2
 -4.8 -9.3 0.00 n/a
December 3
 1.4 -6.1 0.00 n/a
December 4
 -2.5 -8.8 0.00 n/a
December 5
 -3.3 -11.0 0.00 n/a
December 6
 -3.4 -9.4 0.00 n/a
December 7
 -4.0 -15.9 0.11 n/a
December 8
 -15.7 -21.0 0.00 n/a
December 9
 -15.4 -18.0 0.00 0.0
December 10
 -15.0 -23.5 0.00 0.0
December 11
 -18.3 -24.4 0.02 0.4
December 12
 -19.1 -29.4 0.00 0.0
December 13
 -29.1 -36.0 0.00 0.0
December 14
 -31.4 -36.5 0.00 0.0
December 15
 -30.2 -39.6 0.00 0.0
December 16
 -37.9 -40.2 0.00 0.0
December 17
 -34.9 -41.8 0.00 0.0
December 18
 -32.1 -44.4 0.02 0.4
December 19
 -26.6 -34.9 0.08 1.6
December 20
 -25.4 -33.8 0.00 0.0
December 21
 n/a n/a 0.00 0.0
December 22
 -24.6 -28.7 0.00 0.2
December 23
 -18.5 -25.6 0.00 n/a
December 24
 -17.2 -19.6 0.00 0.0
December 25
 -15.4 -22.6 0.12 2.2
December 26
 -20.0 -24.8 0.00 0.0
December 27
 -14.6 -23.0 0.00 0.0
December 28
 -15.5 -20.5 0.00 0.0
December 29
 -16.4 -23.5 0.00 0.0
December 30
 -18.4 -21.8 0.02 0.4
December 31
 -18.2 -21.0 0.02 0.8
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