The climate in Dawson City reflects its northern location. Over the past few decades, daily high January temperatures have typically been at minus 22.5 Celsius, dropping to an overnight average of minus 31 Celsius. The long days of summer can be very warm: over the same period (from 1971 to the present), daily highs in July averaged 23 Celsius, with overnight lows averaging 8 Celsius. Annual precipitation averaged 324 millimetres, including close to 200 mm of rain and 160 mm of snow.
