Yellowknife climate

Yellowknife Weather in February

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Yellowknife, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from -25°C on February 1 to -19°C on February 28, and lows from -33°C to -29°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 14 mm over about 6 wet days.

February day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Yellowknife, in °C, with the record for each date.-60-40-200201510152025
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

February at a glance

Average high
-22°C
Average low
-31°C
Precipitation
14 mm
Reanalysis high
0°CFeb 3, 2012
Reanalysis low
-53°CFeb 9, 2008
Daylight
7 h 33 min to 10 h 15 min
Cloud cover
54%
Humidity
96%
Dew point
-27°C
Wind
15.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Feb 1-25°C-33°C-2°C 1993-48°C 199615%
Feb 2-25°C-33°C-7°C 2012-48°C 200815%
Feb 3-25°C-33°C0°C 2012-48°C 200514%
Feb 4-25°C-33°C0°C 2012-47°C 200813%
Feb 5-24°C-33°C-3°C 1991-47°C 199413%
Feb 6-24°C-33°C-1°C 1991-49°C 201514%
Feb 7-24°C-32°C-1°C 1991-43°C 200813%
Feb 8-24°C-32°C-8°C 2006-52°C 200814%
Feb 9-24°C-32°C-9°C 2006-53°C 200814%
Feb 10-23°C-32°C-8°C 2013-44°C 199215%
Feb 11-23°C-32°C-10°C 1996-46°C 201515%
Feb 12-23°C-31°C-12°C 2017-46°C 202017%
Feb 13-23°C-31°C-9°C 1998-44°C 200818%
Feb 14-23°C-31°C-9°C 2017-47°C 201818%
Feb 15-23°C-31°C-7°C 2017-46°C 199717%
Feb 16-22°C-31°C-7°C 2017-45°C 202018%
Feb 17-22°C-30°C-9°C 1999-46°C 202018%
Feb 18-22°C-30°C-12°C 1993-46°C 199118%
Feb 19-21°C-30°C-12°C 2020-45°C 199219%
Feb 20-21°C-30°C-5°C 2020-46°C 199419%
Feb 21-21°C-29°C-8°C 2000-47°C 199418%
Feb 22-21°C-29°C-10°C 1999-43°C 200318%
Feb 23-20°C-29°C-7°C 1999-41°C 201418%
Feb 24-20°C-29°C-6°C 1997-41°C 200917%
Feb 25-20°C-29°C-4°C 2011-44°C 199417%
Feb 26-20°C-29°C-5°C 2011-43°C 200116%
Feb 27-20°C-29°C-6°C 2001-43°C 200315%
Feb 28-20°C-29°C-1°C 2001-45°C 201414%
Feb 29-19°C-29°C-8°C 1996-38°C 201614%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Yellowknife, in percent.0510152011020
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

February 1
sunrise 9:05 AM, sunset 4:38 PM
February 28
sunrise 7:43 AM, sunset 5:58 PM

Every day of February: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.