Strong wind
SunGusts to 66 km/h.
Yellowknife Weather
2°
Partly cloudy
Feels like -2°
5°
1°
today's high / low
46
Tolerable
Outdoor comfort right now
It is 2°C and partly cloudy in Yellowknife, feeling more like -2°C. Nothing wet on the radar for the next 24 hours. Tomorrow: rain, high 5°C.
- Pressure rising slowly 1015 hPa
- Wind 15 km/h NW
- Humidity 100%
- Cloud 88%
- UV peak 4
- Rain chance 0%
Next 48 hours
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Now
15
4am
15
5am
13
6am
11
7am
12
8am
13
9am
13
10am
12
11am
12
12pm
12
1pm
13
2pm
14
3pm
14
4pm
14
5pm
13
6pm
11
7pm
9
8pm
8
9pm
6
10pm
5
11pm
4
12am
Sun
5
1am
6
2am
8
3am
9
4am
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5am
12
6am
13
7am
14
8am
15
9am
17
10am
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11am
24
12pm
27
1pm
10%
29
2pm
10%
30
3pm
10%
31
4pm
10%
31
5pm
10%
32
6pm
10%
33
7pm
94%
34
8pm
94%
35
9pm
94%
34
10pm
94%
32
11pm
94%
30
12am
Mon
94%
28
1am
65%
26
2am
65%
23
Conditions in detail
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Feels like
-2°
Colder than the thermometer says
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Dew point
2°
Dry and pleasant
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Wind
15 km/h
Gusting -- from NW
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Pressure
1015 hPa
Rising slowly
-
Visibility
24 km
Crystal clear
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UV index
0
Peaks at 4 today
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Cloud cover
88%
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Precipitation today
0.1 mm
Over about 1h
Air quality
US AQI
27
Good
- PM2.5 1 µg/m³
- PM10 1 µg/m³
- Ozone 64 µg/m³
- NO₂ 0 µg/m³
Next 14 days
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Best time to…
Scored hour by hour across the next two days.
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Golden-hour photos
100Sat 6pm–7pm
Scattered cloud catches the light
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Line-dry laundry
87Sat 9am–7pm
Dry air plus a working breeze
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Stargazing
78Sat 8pm–3am
Clear, dark and calm
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Go for a run
70Sat 3am–2am
Cool, calm and dry
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Walk the dog
67Sat 3am–6am
Mild, no downpours, no ice
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Ride a bike
58Sat 4pm–7pm
Wind matters more than temperature
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Garden work
56Sat 1pm–6pm
Mild and dry, sun optional
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Patio or BBQ
22No good window in the next 48h
Warm, dry, and not too breezy
Sun & moon
Sunrise
7:50 am
Sunset
7:00 pm
- Day length11h 10m
- Golden hour6:05 pm–7:00 pm
Last quarter
54% illuminated
Full moon in 23 days
Stargazing tonight
Marginal · 46/100
Clearest around 12am at 26% cloud.
Almanac
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Yellowknife weather questions, answered
- Will it rain in Yellowknife today?
- No — the next 24 hours in Yellowknife look dry, with the chance of precipitation peaking at 0%.
- How warm does it get in Yellowknife today?
- Yellowknife reaches a high of 5°C and drops to 1°C overnight. Right now it is 2°C and feels like -2°C.
- What is the best time to be outside in Yellowknife today?
- 3pm looks like the pick — 5°C, partly cloudy, wind 14 km/h. Outdoor comfort scores 59 out of 100 (pleasant).
- What is the weather in Yellowknife tomorrow?
- Rain, with a high of 5°C and a low of 1°C — about the same as today. Chance of precipitation peaks at 94%.
- What time is sunrise and sunset in Yellowknife?
- The sun rises at 7:50 am and sets at 7:00 pm, giving 11h 10m of daylight.
About this Yellowknife forecast
Updated 2026-10-03 10:13 UTC, and refreshed automatically every few minutes. Forecast data is provided by Visual Crossing; radar frames from RainViewer; the 20-year normals and records from the ERA5 reanalysis archive. No national weather service publishes point alerts here, so only computed watches are shown.
Watches labelled computed are worked out on this site from forecast thresholds and are not official warnings — always defer to your national weather service. Need help reading a number? See the sourced weather guide.
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