Average Yearly Snowfall in the Yukon

The tables below list annual averages for snowfall at places in the Yukon.

You can jump to a separate table for Southern, and Central & Northern Yukon.

The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.2 centimetres (0.08 inches) in a year. The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Southern Yukon

This section covers places along the Alaska Highway, from Watson Lake at the east end where the highway first enters the Yukon from British Columbia, west to Beaver Creek near the Alaska border.

Yearly snowfall averages
Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
44	Beaver Creek	46.4	118
56	Burwash Landing	41.6	106
36	Carcross	50.2	128
40	Haines Junction	64.5	164
54	Johnsons Crossing	58.4	148
42	Otter Falls	40.6	103
65	Teslin	58.4	148
79	Watson Lake	77.2	196
67	Whitehorse	55.8	142

Central & Northern Yukon

Places in the Central Yukon are reached from the Klondike Highway, starting with Lake Laberge near the highway's south end, northwest to Dawson City. From the Klondike Highway, Faro lies east of Carmacks, while Mayo is northeast of Stewart Crossing. Old Crow, a village north of the Arctic Circle on the Porcupine River, is the Yukon's northernmost settlement.

Annual average snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
40	Braeburn	37.9	96
70	Dawson City	65.5	166
67	Faro	44.9	114
47	Lake Laberge	41.4	105
69	Mayo	63.2	161
82	Old Crow	55.7	141
52	Pelly Crossing	44.9	114

Yearly Snowfall Averages for Yukon

Southern Yukon

Central & Northern Yukon

Reference

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