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Waneta, British Columbia and Grand Forks, British Columbia: 42.8 °C (109 °F) Fort Vermilion, Alberta: −52.2 °C (−62 °F) 1923 Newgate, British Columbia and Grand Forks, British Columbia: 38.9 °C (102 °F) Doucet, Quebec: −54.4 °C (−66 °F) 1922 St Albans, Manitoba and Grand Forks, British Columbia: 40.0 °C (104 °F)
Most of Yukon has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc), characterized by long cold winters and brief warm summers. The airstrip at Snag , 25 kilometres east of Beaver Creek near the Alaska border, experienced the lowest ever temperature measured in North America, −63.0 °C or −81.4 °F on February 3, 1947.
With an average annual temperature of 0.2 °C (32.4 °F) Whitehorse is the warmest place in the Yukon. The temperature measurements for the city are taken at the airport. The Whitehorse Riverdale weather station situated at a lower elevation than the airport is also 0.2 °C (32.4 °F).
Dawson City has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsc), with significantly higher continentality (greater temperature swings) than the territory capital of Whitehorse. Despite this classification, most precipitation actually occurs during summer and July is the wettest month.
Coastal British Columbia has a more temperate climate, with a mild and rainy, cloudy winter. On the east and west coasts, average high temperatures are generally in the low 20s °C, while between the coasts, the average summer high temperature ranges from 25 to 30 °C (77 to 86 °F), with temperatures in some interior locations occasionally ...
Yukon [a] is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories.It is the most densely populated of the three territories, with an estimated population of 46,948 as of 2024, [3] though it has a smaller population than any of the provinces.
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The Boreal Cordillera Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is a Canadian terrestrial ecozone occupying most of the northern third of British Columbia and southern half of Yukon. Within it is found Kluane National Park and Reserve, and a small portion of the southern range of Nahanni National Park Reserve. [1]