Dawson City, Yukon

The Town of the City of Dawson or Dawson City is a town in the Yukon territory of Canada, located at {{coor dms|64|03|45|N|139|25|50|W|}}. The current population is approximately 2,000. The locals generally refer to it simply as 'Dawson', but the tourist industry generally refers to it as 'Dawson City' to differentiate it from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, which is at Km 0 of the Alaska Highway.

Climate

Like most of the Yukon, Dawson City has a subarctic climate. Dawson experiences annual temperature average daily highs of 23°C in July and average daily lows of −31°C in January. Average annual daily temperature is -4.4°C. Record high temperature was 35°C in May 1983 and the lowest was −56°C in February 1992. Dawson has an average annual snowfall of 160cm and 200 mm of rainfall. Dawson averages 90 frost free days per year.

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