Awesome Northern lights!
(Photo: Kevin Hastings)

Summer: Average temp +20C to +25C. Light almost 24 hrs/day! Lots of blue skies. Not much rain. Very little wind.

Winter: Average temp -25C. Few weeks every winter (usually Dec/Jan) of -40C to -50C. Shortest day of the year is Dec 21st when it is light from about 10:30 am till 3 pm. Lose the direct sun Dec and Jan as Dawson is in a valley, but it is still light (like an overcast day on the coast!) About 3-4 ft of snow which stays all winter (so that winter recreation activities are predictable!) but no blizzards and very little wind. Lots of blue skies starting in Feb.


Autumn along the Dempster Highway