Fort Yukon climate

Fort Yukon Weather in December

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 -3°F on December 1 to -7°F on December 31, and lows from -14°F to -18°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.10 in over about 9 wet days.

December 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.-75-50-2502550151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
-6°F
Average low
-16°F
Precipitation
1.10 in
Record high
46°FDec 8, 2013
Record low
-60°FDec 15, 1946
Daylight
3 h 38 min to 2 h 37 min
Cloud cover
61%
Humidity
97%
Dew point
-12°F
Wind
7.4 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
Dec 1-3°F-14°F41°F 2002-41°F 194829%
Dec 2-3°F-14°F30°F 2018-43°F 197028%
Dec 3-3°F-14°F35°F 2022-43°F 197027%
Dec 4-4°F-14°F37°F 2022-46°F 197026%
Dec 5-4°F-14°F45°F 2011-48°F 194827%
Dec 6-4°F-14°F24°F 2022-52°F 194825%
Dec 7-4°F-14°F44°F 2013-53°F 194825%
Dec 8-5°F-15°F46°F 2013-48°F 194625%
Dec 9-5°F-15°F46°F 2013-51°F 196626%
Dec 10-6°F-16°F33°F 1972-50°F 194626%
Dec 11-6°F-16°F29°F 1940-54°F 196426%
Dec 12-6°F-16°F30°F 1940-51°F 196425%
Dec 13-6°F-16°F34°F 1944-55°F 194625%
Dec 14-6°F-16°F41°F 1967-58°F 194624%
Dec 15-6°F-16°F35°F 1944-60°F 194623%
Dec 16-6°F-16°F39°F 1944-56°F 194624%
Dec 17-6°F-17°F35°F 1944-53°F 196124%
Dec 18-7°F-17°F32°F 1971-56°F 196124%
Dec 19-7°F-17°F38°F 1968-55°F 196124%
Dec 20-7°F-17°F39°F 2021-49°F 196123%
Dec 21-7°F-17°F37°F 2021-53°F 196124%
Dec 22-7°F-17°F34°F 2017-56°F 196125%
Dec 23-7°F-17°F25°F 1951-57°F 196125%
Dec 24-7°F-17°F39°F 1970-60°F 196125%
Dec 25-6°F-17°F22°F 1962-59°F 196125%
Dec 26-6°F-17°F35°F 1971-53°F 196126%
Dec 27-6°F-17°F37°F 1951-55°F 194726%
Dec 28-6°F-17°F25°F 2021-60°F 196126%
Dec 29-6°F-17°F16°F 2014-60°F 196127%
Dec 30-7°F-18°F30°F 1967-60°F 196127%
Dec 31-7°F-18°F41°F 2015-55°F 200826%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Fort Yukon, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (AKST).

December 1
sunrise 10:41 AM, sunset 2:19 PM
December 31
sunrise 11:26 AM, sunset 2:03 PM

Every day of December: 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.