Yellowknife climate

Yellowknife Weather in September

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 14°C on September 1 to 5°C on September 30, and lows from 8°C to 0°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 48 mm over about 9 wet days.

September 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.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

September at a glance

Average high
10°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
48 mm
Reanalysis high
23°CSep 7, 2013
Reanalysis low
-8°CSep 30, 2005
Daylight
14 h 21 min to 11 h 27 min
Cloud cover
67%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
18.4 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
Sep 114°C8°C20°C 20121°C 199531%
Sep 214°C7°C21°C 19972°C 202030%
Sep 314°C7°C21°C 20090°C 201830%
Sep 414°C7°C23°C 20130°C 199230%
Sep 513°C7°C20°C 20170°C 201830%
Sep 613°C6°C21°C 2012-1°C 199130%
Sep 713°C6°C23°C 20130°C 201429%
Sep 813°C6°C20°C 2011-1°C 200429%
Sep 912°C6°C20°C 2011-1°C 201428%
Sep 1012°C5°C18°C 2015-1°C 201827%
Sep 1112°C5°C19°C 2015-2°C 201828%
Sep 1211°C5°C22°C 2013-2°C 201829%
Sep 1311°C4°C21°C 2009-2°C 200529%
Sep 1411°C4°C21°C 2009-2°C 201630%
Sep 1510°C4°C19°C 2011-3°C 201828%
Sep 1610°C4°C18°C 1996-3°C 200728%
Sep 1710°C3°C18°C 1994-3°C 200428%
Sep 1810°C3°C18°C 1996-3°C 201828%
Sep 199°C3°C18°C 1996-3°C 201827%
Sep 209°C3°C16°C 2012-3°C 201827%
Sep 219°C3°C17°C 2011-4°C 201829%
Sep 228°C2°C17°C 2014-2°C 201829%
Sep 238°C2°C19°C 1995-3°C 200229%
Sep 248°C2°C17°C 1995-4°C 199229%
Sep 257°C1°C20°C 1995-5°C 200030%
Sep 267°C1°C17°C 2001-4°C 201829%
Sep 277°C1°C15°C 1997-5°C 201828%
Sep 286°C0°C14°C 2012-6°C 199228%
Sep 296°C0°C14°C 2017-7°C 200728%
Sep 305°C0°C11°C 2015-8°C 200529%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Yellowknife, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MDT).

September 1
sunrise 6:26 AM, sunset 8:47 PM
September 30
sunrise 7:43 AM, sunset 7:10 PM

Every day of September: 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.