Fort Yukon climate

Fort Yukon Weather in October

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 38°F on October 1 to 12°F on October 31, and lows from 27°F to 2°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.34 in over about 9 wet days.

October 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.-50-250255075151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
26°F
Average low
15°F
Precipitation
1.34 in
Record high
71°FOct 3, 2003
Record low
-41°FOct 28, 1971
Daylight
11 h 13 min to 7 h 32 min
Cloud cover
71%
Humidity
91%
Dew point
17°F
Wind
6.0 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
Oct 138°F27°F65°F 20037°F 195231%
Oct 238°F26°F65°F 2003-1°F 195231%
Oct 337°F26°F71°F 2003-4°F 197430%
Oct 436°F25°F60°F 2003-7°F 197429%
Oct 535°F24°F57°F 1952-5°F 197229%
Oct 635°F24°F60°F 19434°F 201629%
Oct 734°F23°F59°F 1969-7°F 193629%
Oct 833°F22°F56°F 1969-11°F 193628%
Oct 932°F21°F60°F 2025-1°F 201828%
Oct 1031°F20°F55°F 19440°F 195828%
Oct 1130°F20°F61°F 1969-4°F 195829%
Oct 1229°F19°F58°F 1969-2°F 202029%
Oct 1328°F18°F55°F 1969-3°F 195730%
Oct 1427°F17°F46°F 1969-11°F 195729%
Oct 1526°F16°F51°F 2013-9°F 201629%
Oct 1625°F15°F51°F 2013-9°F 201628%
Oct 1724°F14°F58°F 2013-9°F 202027%
Oct 1823°F13°F54°F 1938-15°F 200826%
Oct 1922°F12°F48°F 1944-21°F 195629%
Oct 2021°F12°F59°F 1938-21°F 195629%
Oct 2121°F11°F63°F 1938-15°F 197429%
Oct 2220°F10°F54°F 1938-16°F 195830%
Oct 2319°F9°F43°F 1938-19°F 195830%
Oct 2418°F9°F45°F 1938-19°F 195629%
Oct 2517°F8°F46°F 1938-20°F 195629%
Oct 2617°F7°F37°F 1946-21°F 193528%
Oct 2716°F6°F38°F 1936-28°F 200826%
Oct 2815°F5°F38°F 2017-41°F 197125%
Oct 2914°F4°F43°F 2017-25°F 200825%
Oct 3013°F3°F38°F 1946-25°F 200825%
Oct 3112°F2°F41°F 1935-27°F 195325%

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).

October 1
sunrise 7:53 AM, sunset 7:06 PM
October 31
sunrise 9:38 AM, sunset 5:10 PM

Every day of October: 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.