Dawson City Airport

CYDA · Yukon, Canada

Climate Dawson City Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Northway Airport (PAOR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.8 80 61 78 82 78
February 85.0 97 72 76 82 88
March 87.0 81 74 77 86 92
April 94.7 79 100 99 93
May 91.6 94 85 91 95
June 91.6 99 84 93 89
July 87.8 86 86 97 95
August 88.5 80 86 90 93
September 85.2 82 82 88 82
October 72.0 73 69 55 70
November 69.1 59 74 65 81
December 72.3 65 61 77 79
Average 85.2 85.3 80.0 82.0 85.9 87.7

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.8 86 70 87 88 89
February 90.4 98 83 85 84 91
March 92.4 93 86 86 90 92
April 96.9 87 100 99 95
May 97.2 99 95 98 97
June 96.0 99 91 95 95
July 93.1 94 92 99 98
August 93.9 85 92 96 97
September 91.3 93 86 93 90
October 84.9 86 79 72 87
November 85.0 79 79 88 91
December 81.3 81 74 80 85
Average 91.9 92.2 88.7 89.1 91.9 93.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -19.4 -11 -16 -21 -17 -26
February -15.8 -14 -13 -13 -18 -16
March -5.6 -2 -5 -4 -7 -7
April 5.9 2 4 6 6
May 15.9 15 14 15 18
June 20.8 21 22 22 19
July 23.1 26 22 23 22
August 19.4 23 19 20 19
September 13.3 12 14 11 14
October 1.1 1 1 -1 1
November -13.0 -10 -12 -18 -16
December -18.6 -17 -17 -17 -17
Average 1.3 -9.1 3.2 3.2 1.7 1.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -28.9 -20 -23 -31 -25 -35
February -26.0 -26 -24 -22 -30 -28
March -20.6 -16 -19 -17 -23 -20
April -9.2 -11 -13 -11 -7
May 2.3 1 1 2 4
June 8.0 8 9 8 8
July 10.1 12 10 9 9
August 7.6 10 8 7 8
September 1.4 2 2 0 2
October -7.0 -8 -6 -8 -8
November -22.9 -17 -21 -26 -25
December -26.5 -26 -25 -27 -23
Average -11.8 -21.4 -8.3 -9.7 -11.9 -10.6

32nd lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.2 18 9 19 7 15
February 12.6 2 16 22 19 12
March 12.6 10 21 17 17 14
April 5.0 16 0 3 8
May 8.3 10 12 12 5
June 9.4 7 10 11 15
July 7.6 9 7 6 11
August 10.9 7 11 12 9
September 7.7 4 6 11 9
October 17.3 16 29 18 21
November 18.6 7 15 32 17
December 12.6 3 24 19 19
Average 10.7 9.9 10.4 12.4 12.6 12.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.1 1 1 2 1 1
February 2.2 2 2 2 2 3
March 3.2 3 4 3 4 5
April 4.2 5 3 5 5
May 3.9 4 4 4 3
June 3.5 4 3 3 3
July 3.2 4 3 3 3
August 3.0 3 3 3 3
September 3.0 3 3 3 3
October 2.9 3 4 2 3
November 1.5 1 2 1 2
December 1.5 1 3 3 1
Average 2.9 1.9 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.0

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 338° 315° 322° 110° 316°
February 315° 116° 130° 327° 319°
March 125° 325° 316° 316° 321°
April 317° 145° 075° 150°
May 234° 313° 303° 317°
June 250° 318° 318° 303°
July 320° 303° 303° 308°
August 100° 349° 311° 326°
September 056° 137° 306° 317°
October 316° 310° 315° 045°
November 305° 321° 318° 032°
December 296° 309° 326° 322°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.