Fort Yukon climate

Fort Yukon Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 68°F on August 1 to 58°F on August 31, and lows from 51°F to 40°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.09 in over about 9 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Fort Yukon, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
63°F
Average low
46°F
Precipitation
2.09 in
Record high
88°FAug 5, 2010
Record low
19°FAug 24, 1948
Daylight
18 h 50 min to 14 h 57 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
74%
Dew point
46°F
Wind
5.8 mph

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Aug 168°F51°F85°F 196229°F 200534%
Aug 268°F51°F85°F 196228°F 200434%
Aug 368°F50°F86°F 201330°F 200535%
Aug 467°F50°F85°F 201028°F 195935%
Aug 567°F50°F88°F 201031°F 200436%
Aug 667°F50°F87°F 202425°F 194637%
Aug 767°F50°F88°F 202426°F 195937%
Aug 866°F49°F85°F 195427°F 195938%
Aug 966°F49°F85°F 200424°F 200338%
Aug 1066°F49°F84°F 195728°F 200737%
Aug 1165°F48°F86°F 195127°F 202236%
Aug 1265°F48°F85°F 195127°F 202535%
Aug 1365°F48°F82°F 195128°F 195536%
Aug 1464°F47°F82°F 196228°F 195536%
Aug 1564°F47°F82°F 195727°F 195534%
Aug 1663°F46°F86°F 195725°F 200034%
Aug 1763°F46°F80°F 195030°F 194334%
Aug 1862°F46°F80°F 195626°F 200534%
Aug 1962°F45°F81°F 195021°F 200534%
Aug 2062°F45°F82°F 195023°F 200933%
Aug 2161°F44°F82°F 195024°F 200831%
Aug 2261°F44°F75°F 195022°F 193529%
Aug 2360°F43°F74°F 193624°F 193528%
Aug 2460°F42°F73°F 195419°F 194828%
Aug 2559°F42°F76°F 193619°F 201329%
Aug 2659°F42°F78°F 195721°F 201329%
Aug 2759°F42°F73°F 193626°F 194829%
Aug 2859°F41°F80°F 194622°F 201329%
Aug 2958°F41°F78°F 195124°F 200629%
Aug 3058°F41°F78°F 193621°F 200830%
Aug 3158°F40°F77°F 197420°F 200830%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).

August 1
sunrise 4:21 AM, sunset 11:11 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:12 AM, sunset 9:09 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00501987, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.