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Today

Maximum daytime temperature: -14° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -18° Celsius;

Sunrise: 09:50

Sunset: 15:43

Clear.

- UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Today

Maximum daytime temperature: -14° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -18° Celsius;
Wed 14 Jan

Maximum daytime temperature: 1° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -19° Celsius;

Sunrise: 09:48

Sunset: 15:46

Overcast changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime.

- UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Wed 14 Jan

Maximum daytime temperature: 1° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -19° Celsius;
Thu 15 Jan

Maximum daytime temperature: -19° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -31° Celsius;

Sunrise: 09:46

Sunset: 15:48

Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

- UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Thu 15 Jan

Maximum daytime temperature: -19° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -31° Celsius;
Fri 16 Jan

Maximum daytime temperature: -24° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -24° Celsius;

Sunrise: 09:44

Sunset: 15:51

Clear changing to cloudy in the afternoon.

- UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Fri 16 Jan

Maximum daytime temperature: -24° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -24° Celsius;
Sat 17 Jan

Maximum daytime temperature: -9° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -24° Celsius;

Sunrise: 09:42

Sunset: 15:54

Overcast.

- UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Sat 17 Jan

Maximum daytime temperature: -9° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -24° Celsius;
Sun 18 Jan

Maximum daytime temperature: -21° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -25° Celsius;

Sunrise: 09:40

Sunset: 15:56

Clear changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

- UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Sun 18 Jan

Maximum daytime temperature: -21° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -25° Celsius;
Mon 19 Jan

Maximum daytime temperature: -15° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -24° Celsius;

Sunrise: 09:38

Sunset: 15:59

Cloudy.

- UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Mon 19 Jan

Maximum daytime temperature: -15° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -24° Celsius;

Clear.

Sunrise: 09:50

Sunset: 15:43

- UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

7 day forecast for Yellowknife

Today (13 January 2026)

Time	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	-17°	-15°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-24°	-23°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SE 7	SE 8
Wind gust (mph)	15	17
Visibility (description)	M	M
Humidity	114%	114%
UV	-	-

Wednesday (14 January 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	30%	20%	10%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	20%	30%	30%	20%	10%	10%	10%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	-14°	-12°	-11°	-10°	-9°	-8°	-8°	-7°	-6°	-6°	-5°	-4°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-2°	-1°	-1°	-2°	-5°	-8°	-11°	-13°	-14°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-21°	-19°	-18°	-17°	-16°	-16°	-15°	-14°	-13°	-12°	-11°	-10°	-8°	-7°	-7°	-7°	-5°	-6°	-8°	-12°	-17°	-21°	-24°	-25°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SE 11	SE 12	SE 12	SSE 12	SE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 10	S 9	S 8	S 8	SSW 8	WSW 9	W 11	WNW 14	WNW 16	NW 17	NW 18	NW 17	NW 17
Wind gust (mph)	19	22	23	24	24	26	27	27	26	25	23	21	19	17	16	19	22	30	34	37	39	38	38	37
Visibility (description)	M	G	G	G	G	VG	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	G	G	G	G	G	VG	M	P	P	M	G
Humidity	110%	107%	105%	102%	100%	99%	97%	96%	96%	95%	95%	95%	93%	94%	94%	93%	89%	90%	87%	87%	88%	87%	87%	87%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Thursday (15 January 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	10%	20%	20%	30%	30%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	-15°	-14°	-15°	-16°	-17°	-18°	-18°	-19°	-19°	-20°	-20°	-20°	-21°	-21°	-21°	-23°	-24°	-25°	-26°	-26°	-26°	-24°	-24°	-24°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-25°	-25°	-26°	-28°	-29°	-30°	-30°	-30°	-30°	-30°	-30°	-30°	-30°	-30°	-30°	-31°	-33°	-34°	-34°	-34°	-34°	-32°	-32°	-33°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	NW 17	NW 18	NW 18	NNW 19	NNW 19	NNW 17	NNW 17	NNW 16	NNW 14	NNW 13	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 10	NW 10	NW 8	NW 8	WNW 7	WNW 6	WNW 6	NW 5	NW 6	NW 5	NNW 6	NNW 7
Wind gust (mph)	38	38	39	39	38	36	34	32	29	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	15
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	VP	VP	VP	P	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	87%	86%	86%	89%	91%	89%	85%	83%	81%	78%	78%	77%	77%	78%	80%	85%	92%	92%	92%	92%	92%	89%	89%	91%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Friday (16 January 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	20%	20%	20%
Temperature (°C)	-24°	-25°	-26°	-26°	-27°	-28°	-29°	-30°	-31°	-32°	-33°	-32°	-30°	-28°	-27°	-27°	-27°	-26°	-25°	-25°	-24°	-22°	-21°	-20°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-33°	-34°	-35°	-36°	-37°	-38°	-39°	-40°	-41°	-41°	-41°	-39°	-37°	-35°	-35°	-35°	-35°	-35°	-35°	-35°	-34°	-32°	-31°	-31°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	NNW 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 7	N 6	N 6	NNE 5	NE 5	ENE 4	ENE 4	E 4	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SE 8	SE 9	SE 10	SE 11	SE 12	SSE 13
Wind gust (mph)	16	17	17	18	16	15	14	13	11	10	9	9	11	12	13	13	14	16	18	19	22	25	26	27
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	P
Humidity	95%	92%	96%	100%	100%	101%	105%	107%	108%	108%	108%	101%	88%	80%	71%	68%	69%	74%	78%	91%	94%	96%	97%	99%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Saturday (17 January 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	30%	20%	20%	20%	20%	10%	10%	10%	10%	20%	20%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	10%
Temperature (°C)	-19°	-19°	-19°	-18°	-18°	-17°	-17°	-16°	-16°	-15°	-14°	-14°	-13°	-12°	-12°	-13°	-13°	-13°	-14°	-13°	-14°	-14°	-14°	-15°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-30°	-29°	-29°	-28°	-27°	-26°	-25°	-24°	-23°	-22°	-22°	-21°	-20°	-19°	-20°	-21°	-21°	-22°	-23°	-22°	-22°	-23°	-23°	-24°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSE 12	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	S 9	S 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	WSW 8	W 8	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 10	NW 12	NW 11	NW 13	NW 13	NW 12	NW 12	NW 13	NNW 13	NNW 13
Wind gust (mph)	26	26	26	24	22	21	19	18	20	19	18	18	20	20	25	25	28	30	28	27	28	27	27	29
Visibility (description)	P	P	M	M	M	M	M	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	97%	98%	98%	97%	98%	99%	99%	98%	98%	96%	96%	93%	91%	91%	91%	91%	85%	81%	77%	78%	74%	76%	78%	78%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sunday (18 January 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	-16°	-16°	-17°	-19°	-19°	-21°	-21°	-23°	-23°	-24°	-25°	-24°	-23°	-22°	-23°	-23°	-24°	-25°	-25°	-22°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-25°	-26°	-27°	-28°	-29°	-30°	-31°	-32°	-32°	-33°	-33°	-32°	-31°	-30°	-30°	-30°	-31°	-32°	-33°	-29°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 10	NNW 9	NNW 8	NW 8	NW 7	NW 7	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 5	NW 5	NW 4	NW 5	N 6	E 6
Wind gust (mph)	29	26	25	23	22	20	19	17	15	13	12	11	11	12	10	10	8	11	12	13
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	80%	80%	79%	84%	85%	88%	92%	97%	100%	101%	101%	95%	92%	88%	87%	91%	97%	99%	108%	101%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-

Monday (19 January 2026)

Time	02:00	05:00	08:00	11:00	14:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	10%	20%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	-22°	-20°	-20°	-17°	-16°	-16°	-16°	-19°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-29°	-26°	-26°	-23°	-22°	-22°	-24°	-26°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	E 6	E 5	E 6	ENE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	N 7
Wind gust (mph)	13	14	13	13	13	16	16	15
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	G
Humidity	106%	102%	105%	99%	91%	96%	91%	95%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-

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