Climate
Atlin has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with long, severe winters and short, mild summers. The westerly location and minor Pacific influence, however, makes the winters markedly less severe than in most of northern Canada, and the town is among the northernmost in Canada with a mean annual temperature above 0 °C (32 °F). Precipitation is generally light, with less than 200 millimetres (7.9 in) of actual rainfall per year, and a snowfall less than that of markedly milder Juneau on the coast.
| Climate data for Atlin | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13 (55) |
20 (68) |
26.7 (80.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
26.7 (80.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
10 (50) |
30.6 (87.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −11.5 (11.3) |
−7 (19) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
12 (54) |
16.5 (61.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
5.1 (41.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.4 (4.3) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
1.1 (34.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
13.1 (55.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
7.9 (46.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
0.5 (32.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −19.3 (−2.7) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
1.1 (34.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
7.5 (45.5) |
7 (45) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −47.8 (−54.0) |
−47.2 (−53.0) |
−39.4 (−38.9) |
−31.1 (−24.0) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
−33.3 (−27.9) |
−50 (−58) |
−50 (−58.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 39.1 (1.539) |
26.1 (1.028) |
16.5 (0.65) |
8.7 (0.343) |
17.9 (0.705) |
27.6 (1.087) |
32.6 (1.283) |
32.1 (1.264) |
37.4 (1.472) |
40.6 (1.598) |
35.7 (1.406) |
33 (1.3) |
347.3 (13.673) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 1.1 (0.043) |
1.3 (0.051) |
0.4 (0.016) |
2.2 (0.087) |
16.9 (0.665) |
27.5 (1.083) |
32.6 (1.283) |
32.1 (1.264) |
35.3 (1.39) |
31.5 (1.24) |
9.3 (0.366) |
2.3 (0.091) |
192.5 (7.579) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 38 (15) |
24.9 (9.8) |
16.1 (6.34) |
6.5 (2.56) |
0.9 (0.35) |
0.1 (0.04) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
2.2 (0.87) |
9.1 (3.58) |
26.4 (10.39) |
30.7 (12.09) |
154.9 (61) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 11.2 | 8.8 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 115 |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 63.2 |
| Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 10.9 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 9.8 | 11.0 | 54.4 |
| Source: Environment Canada | |||||||||||||
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