Fort Yukon weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Fort Yukon is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with July close behind. Fort Yukon averages about 2,390 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 38 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,390
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 389 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 428
- Elevation
- 129 m
When is the best time to visit Fort Yukon?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Fort Yukon is June, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 24 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Fort Yukon?
Fort Yukon gets a moderate 2,390 hours of sunshine a year. 86 Sunshine Score points separate June (86) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #250 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 389 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -23° / -9°F | -29° / -20°F | 24 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -26° / -15°F | 21 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -24° / -11°F | 17 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -11° / 12°F | 22 mm | 2 |
| May | 44 | 14° / 57°F | 2° / 36°F | 26 mm | 3 |
| June | 86 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 38 mm | 4 |
| July | 82 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 57 mm | 3 |
| August | 69 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 53 mm | 2 |
| September | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 43 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 32 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -22° / -8°F | 29 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -26° / -15°F | 27 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Fairbanks United States · 229 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 643 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 761 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 821 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 953 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 1,036 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Birch Creek United States · 42 km · 2,379 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Chalkyitsik United States · 67 km · 2,351 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Venetie United States · 69 km · 2,314 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Circle United States · 98 km · 2,115 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Central United States · 113 km · 2,111 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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